Critical Reading Strategies
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Profundity in the Margins
Narrative Profundity Packet
    - Narrative Profundity Steps
    - Narrative Profundity Resource
    - Narrative Profundity Scale Scoring Sheet
Expository Profundity Packet
    - Expository Profundity Steps
    - Expository Profundity
    - Expository Profundity Scale Scoring Sheet
A Profundity List for Children
Seven Steps to Profundity Flip Book 
Color Profundity Scale (Chart)

Text for practicing Profundity
Short Story "Victory"
Swimmy

Socratic Circles - Lesley Lambright (1995) defines a Socratic Seminar as an "exploratory intellectual conversation centered on a text" (p. 30).
For a full definition of Socratic Circles, read the article below:
Chapter 1 - The Benefits of Socratic Circles
If you would like to see students demonstrating a Socratic Circle, click on the link below.  These Roseville High School Students modeled Socratic Circles with the Macomb ISD Secondary Literacy Network.
Socratic Circles - Roseville HS

Technology Resources for Critical Reading     Checking for new links
Kaleidoscope Home Page
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Sample 8th Grade Page


For more strategies, visit Dan Kurland's Website