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Language Arts
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Too many people in power think reading is the sum of its parts, so we've got all these kids playing air guitar, if you will, with short passages and questions and multiple-choice answers. These abbreviated bits of reading are not the real thing. Passages lack wholeness and feel like work without purpose. When we give students books, thinking they can transfer their practice or that they'll even want to, we're surprised they don't have the interest or the stamina for it.
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― Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers
― Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers
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Poetry is a distinct category of language—a special way of speaking that invites and rewards a special way of listening.
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