{"id":1149,"date":"2024-10-01T10:30:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T10:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amplify.com\/?page_id=1149"},"modified":"2025-07-07T09:33:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:33:42","slug":"boost-close-reading","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amplify.com\/programs\/boost-close-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost Close Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-amplify-blocks-container-block has-animation overflow-visible container-full-width\" style=\"padding:100px 0px;background-color:#ffffff;background-image:none;background-position:center;background-size:cover\"><div class=\"container decorative-container\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-amplify-blocks-columns\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row  justify-content-between \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-amplify-blocks-column  col-md-5 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-0 h2 has-amplify-font-family has-border-color has-666666-border-color mb-none h2\" id=\"overview\" data-show-in-subnav=\"true\" data-subnav-label=\"Overview\">Immerse your students in close reading.<\/h1><div class=\"component-underline__wrapper\"><div class=\"component-underline__item mt-small mb-small\" style=\"width:40px;border-bottom-width:3px;border-color:#666666\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-amplify-font-family mb-small landing font-amplify\">Middle school students are learning to immerse themselves in text\u2014and learning to articulate what resonates and matters to them in what they read. Boost Close Reading is an immersive supplemental reading program that engages students through an interactive graphic novel. 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