Close Reading Can Be ‘Fun or Awful’ is my latest post at Education Week Teacher.

In addition to my own thoughts, you can read guest responses on the “what, why and how” of close reading from Christopher Lehman, Cris Tovani, Pernille Ripp, Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris. It’s Part One of a three-post series.

Here are some excerpts:

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