Diving Deep Into Fiction

Michael W. Smith, a professor in Temple University′s College of Education, joined the ranks of college teachers after eleven years of teaching high school English. His research focuses on understanding both how adolescents and adults engage with texts outside school and how teachers can use those understandings to devise more motivating and effective instruction inside schools.  A classroom teacher for fifteen years, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm is currently Professor of English Education at Boise State University. He works in local schools as part of a Virtual Professional Development Site Network sponsored by the Boise State Writing Project, and regularly teaches middle and high school students. Jeff is the founding director of the Maine Writing Project and the Boise State Writing Project.

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsChapter 1: An Introduction to Our Approach: Inquiring Into the Reading Process and How Texts WorkInquiring Into the Reading Process and How Texts WorkReading Literature Is a Rule-Governed ActivityNot Everything Is Equally ImportantFour Rules of Notice Are Powerful Tools to Guide ReadingFive Key Elements Are Especially Important to NoticeA Few Words About Teaching to TransferHow This Book WorksChapter 2: Introducing the Rules of Notice: Must-Make Moves of Reading CompetenceMust-Make Moves of Reading CompetenceLesson 1. Teaching Rules of NoticeHandout 2.1. Worksheet for the Teaching Rules of Notice LessonChapter 3: Noticing and Interpreting Genres: How Texts Are Structured for Meaning and EffectWhat Genre IsWhy a New Understanding of Genre MattersLesson 1. Noticing and Interpreting Genre: Reading Visual TextsHandout 3.1. Short Guide to Readers Rules of NoticeLesson 2. Noticing and Interpreting Genre: Thinking AloudLesson 3. Noticing and Interpreting Genre: Practice in MiniatureLesson 4. Noticing and Interpreting Genre: QuestioningHandout 3.2. The KEEPS! Questioning StrategyLesson 5. Noticing and Interpreting Genre: Writing and RespondingLesson 6. Noticing and Interpreting Genre: Search and FindLesson 7. Noticing and Interpreting Genre: Putting It All TogetherHandout 3.3. Poems for Lesson 7: Noticing Genre: Putting It All TogetherChapter 4: Noticing and Interpreting Key Details About Characters: From Life to Literature and Back to LifeA Quick Look at CharacterLesson 1. Noticing Details About Characters: Reading Visual TextsLesson 2. Noticing Details About Characters: Thinking AloudLesson 3. Noticing Details About Characters: Practice in MiniatureHandout 4.1. Are They Admirable?Lesson 4. Noticing Details About Characters: QuestioningHandout 4.2. Excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry with questions insertedLesson 5. Noticing Details About Characters: Writing and RespondingLesson 6. Noticing Details About Characters: Search and FindLesson 7. Noticing Details About Characters: Putting It All TogetherChapter 5: Noticing and Interpreting Key Details About Point of View: Positions and PositioningLesson 1. Noticing Details About Point of View: Reading Visual TextsLesson 2. Noticing Details About Point of View: Thinking AloudLesson 3. Noticing Details About Point of View: Practice in MiniatureHandout 5.1. Are They Reliable? WorksheetLesson 4. Noticing Details About Point of View: QuestioningLesson 5. Noticing Details About Point of View: Writing and RespondingHandout 5.2. What Really Happened With the Three Little PigsLesson 6. Noticing Details About Point of View: Search and FindLesson 7. Noticing Details About Point of View: Putting It All TogetherChapter 6: Noticing and Interpreting Symbols and Motifs: The Text Is a Profusion of Signs!A Quick Look at SymbolismThe Symbolism FamilyThinking About ArchetypesThinking About AllegoryThinking About MotifsLesson 1. Noticing and Interpreting Symbols: Reading Visual ImagesLesson 2. Noticing and Interpreting Symbols: Thinking AloudLesson 3. Noticing and Interpreting Symbols: Practice in MiniatureHandout 6.1. Archetypal LensLesson 4. Noticing and Interpreting Symbols: QuestioningHandout 6.2. QAR IntroductionHandout 6.3. Mental Model for Reading SymbolsLesson 5. Noticing and Interpreting Symbols: Writing and RespondingLesson 6. Noticing and Interpreting Symbols: Search and FindLesson 7. Noticing and Interpreting Symbols: Putting It All TogetherHandout 6.4. How Coyote Stole FireHandout 6.5. Characters, Story Elements, Relationships, and SymbolismChapter 7: Noticing and Interpreting Thematic Conversations: But What Does It Mean?Lesson 1. Noticing and Interpreting Theme: Reading Visual TextsLesson 2. Noticing and Interpreting Theme: Thinking AloudLesson 3. Noticing and Interpreting Theme: Practice in MiniatureHandout 7.1. The E-R-C Mental Model: Find Evidence, Apply Reasoning—Generate a ClaimHandout 7.2. Reminders for Composing an Argument of Interpretation or Analysis of a TextHandout 7.3. The Topic-Comment Mental Model for Claim WritingLesson 4. Noticing and Interpreting Theme: QuestioningLesson 5. Noticing and Interpreting Theme: Writing and RespondingHandout 7.4. The Wolf & His ShadowHandout 7.5. The Wolf & His Shadow RemixHandout 7.6. The Wolf & His Shadow Remix 2Lesson 6. Noticing and Interpreting Theme: Search-and-FindLesson 7. Noticing and Interpreting Theme: Putting It All TogetherChapter 8: Some Final Thoughts on the Current State of Reading EducationWorks CitedIndex