Text Complexity of Popular Middle Grades Texts

Characteristics of readers and the tasks we will ask them to do (Matching Reader to Text and Task) The CCSS identify these measures with a text complexity triangle in which each concept is given equal weight and consideration. The CCSS expect "that educators will employ professional judgment to...

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Published in:AMLE Magazine 2014-08, Vol.2 (1), p.28
Main Authors: Wilson, Nance S, Koss, Melanie D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classrooms
Literacy Education
Novels
Readability Formulas
Teaching
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Summary:Characteristics of readers and the tasks we will ask them to do (Matching Reader to Text and Task) The CCSS identify these measures with a text complexity triangle in which each concept is given equal weight and consideration. The CCSS expect "that educators will employ professional judgment to match texts to particular students and tasks" (Appendix A, p. 7). [...]rather than constraining the choices of texts we use in our classrooms, the CCSS empowers us to evaluate how the texts we use are challenging and meet the needs of our students.
ISSN:2329-8952
2329-8944