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Greg McVerry,

Students need opportunities to read and respond to multiple texts. Providing engaging high interest texts is important to building comprehension skills.Students should consider multiple perspectives, analyze sources, and critique the media.Research has highlighted the importance of motivating and engaging texts.

Keep updated on current events and news that they care about.Collect, annotate, and share research for collaborative projects.Read items that are shared by their teacher to help with current assignments.

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 * Spark Interest in a Topic
 * Evaluate Information
 * Compare Perspectives
 * Critique the Critic
 * Promote Global Understanding
 * Online Literature Circles

** Text Master **  Adapted from: Wilfong, L.G. (2009). [|Textmasters: Bringing literature circles to textbook reading across the curriculum]. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 53(2), pp. 164–171.

** Using RSS feeds to support the understanding of informational texts **

Post the following question: What skills does someone need to be a master of a piece of text? Ask students to list the skills on a discussion.Solicit responses from the whole class. Make a list in a prominent place for students to see. Introduce and incorporate the Textmasters roles with students' responses.