McGraw Hill's Maravilla's Close Reading Companion Grade 6 will help strengthen the skills students need for reading complex texts. The Close Reading Companion is an interactive resource that helps students dig deeper into a variety of texts. Developed alongside Dr. Douglas Fisher's close reading routine, the Close Reading Companion guides students in the following ways: - to reread with purpose - highlight and annotate text, - cite evidence, - answer text-dependent questions, - organize their thoughts as they move toward analytical writing and integration of knowledge and ideas. - Scaffolded partner work - Talk with a partner - Complete sentence frames Maravilla's Close Reading Companion allows students to interact with texts in a more meaningful way and prepare them for the types of higher level thinking and writing they will encounter in the future with this companion for your Wonders classroom