This week’s question is: What is “close reading,” is it important and, if so, how should I teach it? The term “close reading” appears to be on every English teacher’s lips, though it’s not used in the ...

This week’s question is: What is “close reading,” is it important and, if so, how should I teach it? Part One in this series featured responses from Christopher Lehman, Cris Tovani, Pernille Ripp, Jan ...

Close reading can seem like a complicated or specialized academic skill – but the fact is that we all do close reading every single day! We all read “between the lines” of emails, books, movies, and ...