Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Materials and instruction for reading. Baltimore, MD: Author. 

Selecting and Evaluating Texts

• “Engaging Texts and Multiple Identities”
  Dr. Alfred Tatum discusses the importance of selecting texts that engage students in personally meaningful ways.
   
• “Provocative Texts and Essential Questions”
  Dr. Alfred Tatum explains the importance of framing literacy instruction around provocative texts and essential questions that give students a voice in their literacy journey.
   
• “Analyzing and Selecting Text”
  Dr. Douglas Hartman presents a framework for selecting a variety of types of texts that will engage students, promote their literacy development, and align with instructional goals.
   
• “Text Difficulty”
  Dr. Janice Almasi discusses factors to consider when evaluating texts for level of difficulty.
   
• “Textual Arrangements”
  Dr. Douglas Hartman presents ways to strategically combine texts to build students’ knowledge and experience around a topic or issue.
   
• “New Literacies”
  Dr. Douglas Hartman discusses the “new literacies” and the skills students need for navigating the digital literacy environment.
   
• “Analyzing Text Online”
  Dr. Douglas Hartman presents strategies to teach students for analyzing and working efficiently with online text.
   
• “Providing Choice”
  Teacher Donalyn Miller talks with her students and finds out how important it is for them to choose the books they read.