{"product_id":"the-art-of-slow-reading-six-timehonored-practices-for-engagement-9780325037318","title":"The Art of Slow Reading: Six Time-Honored Practices for Engagement","description":"\u003cp\u003eTom Newkirks call to appreciate the value of slow reading is both timely and important  especially in an era where skimming and click-and-go reading have become the norm for our students. Newkirk reminds us that our deepest reading pleasures are often found when we slow down and pay close attention  and this book clearly demonstrates how slow reading deepens the thinking of both teachers and students. A must-read for anyone concerned about the state of readingyou will enjoy reading The Art of Slow Reading slowly. Kelly Gallagher  author of Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It This beautiful and hugely important book overflows with advice and wisdom about readingenjoying it  teaching it. Newkirk reminds us why words matter  that words on page or screen are not there just to be processed  but to savor and enjoy  to help us think and see more clearly  to touch our hearts and help us touch the world. Mike Rose  author of Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us (Read Mike Roses blog) If someone were to ask me who to read  what to read  and how to read it  I would say  without hesitating  they should read Tom Newkirk  read The Art of Slow Reading  and read it slowly  again and again. He is to reading and teaching  literacy and learning what Michael Pollan is to food and eating. Tom Newkirk gives us permission to take our time when we read  to remember why we read  and to take from that reading not just the nutrients and knowledge but the pleasure we sought to cultivate in our studentsand ourselvesin the past. Jim Burke  author of The English Teachers Companion and Whats the Big Idea? This book challenges popular notions of readingthe idea that quick  extractive reading is the goal for students. I argue that traditional acts of slow readingmemorization  performance  annotation  and elaborationare essential for deep  pleasurable  thoughtful reading. Thomas Newkirk This important book rests on a simple but powerful beliefthat good readers practice the art of paying attention. Building on memoir  research  and many examples of classroom practice  Thomas Newkirk  recuperates six time-honored practices of readingperformance  memorization  centering  problem-finding  reading like a writer  and elaborationto help readers engage in thoughtful  attentive reading. The Art of Slow Reading provides preservice and inservice teachers with concrete practices that for millennia have promoted real depth in reading. It will show how these practices enhance the reading of a variety of texts  from Fantastic Mr. Fox to The Great Gatsby to letters from the IRS. Just as slow reading is essential for real comprehension  it is also clearly crucial to the deep pleasure we take in readingfor the way we savor textsand for the power of reading to change us. Toms Washington Post article: Reading is not a race: The virtues of the slow reading movement\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666080555061,"sku":"ByrdShop_0325037310","price":31.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780325037318.jpg?v=1782418481","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-slow-reading-six-timehonored-practices-for-engagement-9780325037318","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}