Lori OczkusLori Oczkus is a literacy coach, best-selling author, and popular international speaker. Tens of thousands of teachers have attended her motivating, fast-paced workshops and read her practical, research-based professional books and articles. Lri has experience working as a bilingual elementary teacher, intervention specialist, staff developer, and literacy coach. She works with students in classrooms every week and knows the challenges that teachers face in teaching students to read. Lori has been inducted into the California Reading Association Hall of Fame for her many contributions to the field of reading. Lori is the author of seven best-selling books, including Just the Facts: Close Reading and Comprehension of Informational Text and Close Reading with Paired Texts, coauthored with Tim Rasinski. Lori's Reciprocal Teaching at Work: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension is a best seller. She also is coauthor of several reading programs. Read More Read Less