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Title: Worthwhile with reservation
Review: I teach reading and writing from 6th to 12th grade. I found this book to be a good reference for teacing reading and writing and particularly the teaching of layers of meaning and understanding. However, after reading it for the fourth or fifth time I asked myself how much fluff, or unnecessary material, could I take out and still retain the things that really mattered. I was able to tear out about 1/6th of the book that was really unnecessary. This rendered a good book much better. Nevertheless I highly suggest reading this book.
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