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Watch how a high school English teacher parses a complex sentence into sections, then walks students through each part to build their reading comprehension. To learn more, read Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey's column, "Improving Reading with Sentence Fluency" in the April 2025 issue of EL magazine.

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