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Direct linkAlsup, Janet – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2013
The recently released Common Core State Standards increase classroom emphasis on informational texts in high school and recommend a three-part measurement for text complexity when selecting texts for classroom use. In this commentary I argue that fictional narratives can not only meet these stated criteria for complex texts and result in critical…
Descriptors: State Standards, Criteria, Reader Text Relationship, Difficulty Level
