This past year many middle school students have missed out on critical instruction on how to analyze complex texts. Research suggests that students require exposure to complex texts in order to be college- and career-ready.
Amplify Boost Close Reading
The challenge
Catch students up by giving them a reason to tackle complex texts
Motivation
The Last Readers need you!
Boost Close Reading takes the form of an interactive graphic novel set in a dark future run by Machines. Throughout The Last Readers, students are enlisted to save reading—and the world.
Teach powerful techniques authors use to convey meaning
Acquire close reading skills to fight back against the Machines
Explore topics like claims, evidence, reasons, word choice, and tone
Close reading
Research-based method for accelerating close reading skills
Research shows that engaging students in close reading of increasingly complex texts to gain key ideas and details increases students’ ability to deeply comprehend complex materials across the curriculum.
Boost Close Reading: Informational and Literary Texts
Interactive instruction
Give them a reason to read closely
Designed specifically for middle schoolers, Boost Close Reading inspires engagement via high-interest storytelling, choose-your-own adventure experiences, and skill-building features.
Welcome to the world of The Last Readers
Interactive instruction that assesses student progress and provides targeted feedback
Guided close reading helps students step-by-step
Creative application of knowledge reinforces skills
Students apply what they’ve learned
Reporting
Report back, move forward
Detailed teacher dashboards display student progress, performance, and usage information, offering easy-to-access insights on areas of strength and weakness.
