Table of Contents
Introduction: Focusing Our Writing Lens on Comprehension xi
Part 1 Writing Awesome Answers, Unpacked
Chapter 1 Constructed Response in Action: A Virtual Classroom Visit 1
Chapter 2 The Road to Awesome Answers: Teaching (Not Just Testing) Comprehension 9
Chapter 3 Good Questions: 41 Ways into a Text, Indexed to Concepts and Teaching Tools 18
A Guide to the Questions, Concepts, and Teaching Tools In This Book 26
Part II Hands-on Support for Reading and Understanding
Chapter 4 Minilessons for Analytical Reading 37
Chapter 5 Tools for Analytical Reading 93
Part III Hands-on Support for Responding and Writing
Chapter 6 Cue Cards for Oral Rehearsal 147
Chapter 7 Sample Constructed Responses 175
Chapter 8 Answer Frames for Constructed Response 228
Appendix Study Guide with Suggested Resources: Teaching Practices That Lead to Awesome Answers 305
Bibliographies
Bibliography of Professional Resources 313
Bibliography of Reading Selections for Sample Responses 315
Index of Instructional Resources 319