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"You may have had a student that coasted by before, given modified work because the novels were too hard in class. [Now they] can actually participate like everyone else."

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"As I walk into the classroom, [my students] are getting engrossed in rich reading, they are getting to learn high-level vocabulary, and they're also getting to learn how to write."

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"Because you’re not starting with ‘Where’s this kid’s reading level; are they an a, b, c, or d?' You’re starting with meaty stuff. That’s what high school kids need."

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"Her writing was focused, it was focused on a moment, and she truly understood the words of Frederick Douglass."

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"Immediately, all of the kids were writing even before the teacher finished giving the directions."

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"They can't just skim over it as so many of them want to do. They're forced to stop and think why is this word important, or what was this person feeling when they said this, or how does this even change how the characters might be feeling within the story.":

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"That is what the kids need to be doing in class. They need to be collaborating, using text evidence to prove their answer. So, that's embedded. It saves me choosing partners. I just click a button and everyone knows who they go to."

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"The kids get really excited about the Rereading app because they get to debate and back up their own thoughts. You are teaching argumentative writing skills without teaching argumentative writing."

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"Paraphrasing gets students to stop and think about each word in the story and how it fits into context."

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"It puts any teacher's mind at ease to see how the work that they are doing in class translates to the state assessment."

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"Not only have you read that text, but you know it."

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