Title: Shades of meaning : comprehension and interpretation in middle school /
Authors: Santman, Donna.
Publisher: Heinemann,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Reading (Middle school)
Abstract: "In this guide, veteran middle school teacher Donna Santman shows you how to teach readers the skills and strategies of comprehension and interpretation within the framework of a reading workshop. Shades of Meaning takes you through Santman's own rigorous workshop, describing the teaching that allows students to stretch and empower their imaginations."--Jacket.
Contents: Imagination -- Reading workshop: a place to cultivate imagination -- Real assessments of reading: finding a direction for my teaching -- Making reading matter: strengthening our relationships to books -- Getting it: learning to attend to more of the text -- Figuring it out: making inferences -- Making more of the text: creating interpretations -- Finding gray: developing justifiable interpretations -- Turning hope into action.