Critical comprehension : lessons for guiding students to deeper meaning /
Katie Kelly, Lester Laminack, Vivian Vasquez.
- Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin, 2023
- xv, 269 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Ch. 1. What is critical comprehension? ch. 2. Exploring identities ch. 3. Examining perspective ch. 4. Examining stereotypes ch. 5. Confronting bias ch. 6. Interrogating the past and the present ch. 7. Consuming critically
This book presents an accessible lesson process to improve literacy using picture books, multimodal texts, and thoughtfully framed questions. Texts are then revisited to talk back to theme, symbols, central idea, or social, cultural, historical influences at work on author and audience.