1.2. Evidence that this technique is effective to encourage more voluntary reading is not established.
2. Guided Oral Reading
2.1. This strategy encourages higher fluency and skill with reading to prevent choppy reading.
2.2. Typically involve students re-reading the same text until a specified level of proficiency is reached. Usually used in one-to-on instruction, audiotapes, or some other guided oral-reading practice.
3. Comprehension Guides
3.1. Used to help students comprehend key ideas while reading
3.2. Three Level-Guides - split guides into literal, interpretive, and applied declarative statements. This requires students to link to data they've found in the text.
3.3. Selective Reading Guides - Points students to important information in the text. This leads them to read more purposefully and efficiently and trains them to effectively scan text for relevant information.
3.4. Interactive Reading Guides - used in groups or pairs to help students understand text.
4. Comprehending Online Text
4.1. Students will have varying levels of familiarity with using the internet for research or information. They should be encouraged to question, locate, evaluate, synthesize, and communicate information they find online.
5. From the Film
5.1. Questioning to synthesize a response
5.2. Describing a word, phrase, or idea to encourage students to fill in the blank with information they received from the text
5.3. Read-Aloud - reader response to encourage connecting ideas and to check for understanding
5.4. Connecting the information to their personal lives to encourage a bond to the text and to encourage intercultural cooperation in the class
6. Questioning
6.1. Among one of the most common classroom activities and usually requires a straight-forward response.
6.2. When to Ask: Pre-reading- tells students what to look for. While Reading: determining motivation of characters or intent of literature. Post-Reading- reflection and to stress information that is relevant.
6.3. What to Ask: Factual, refer to background knowledge, Reader-response.
6.4. How to Ask: Question guides to guide students as they read or promote conversation. Questioning the author to understand their motivation. Reciprocal questioning to encourage students to think critically.
6.5. Self Questioning - can be facilitated by assigning students to complete questions and answers at home.
7. Teaching About Text Structure
7.1. Teacher Modeling - The teacher reads the text aloud and points out unique information and thinking processes that involve dealing with that type of text.
7.2. Graphic Presentations - One of the most common strategies. In fact, i assume that is why we are practicing with one right now!
7.3. Guides - Designed based on the text to show students where and how information is organized.
7.4. Story Maps - This is basically a diagram of important characters and plot points in a narrative text.
