| During-Reading
Strategies
Wish You Well
Think-Aloud
1
Helps students make predictions about the text; compare
and contrast events, ideas, and characters; visualize
the information that is described in the text; and make
connections to prior knowledge.
Think-Aloud
2
Helps students learn to monitor their comprehension
silently as they read.
Save
the Last Word for Me
Requires the students to find a passage in the text
that illustrates an example of something, such as a
literary element or a technique, specified by the teacher,
then discuss and defend their choices.
Retellings
Students retell specific events from the novel or retell
the plot in its entirety, in writing or orally.
Literature
Circles
Provide a way for students to engage in critical thinking
and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to
the book. Collaboration is at the heart of this approach.
Read,
Rate, and Reread 1
Help students improve their reading comprehension by
emphasizing the importance of careful, repeated readings
of material.
Read,
Rate, and Reread 2
More help for students to improve their comprehension
of a text.
Most
Important Word
Recognizing the process of choosing individual words
to comprise precise phrases and choosing ways to place
those phrases in an order that will yield well-crafted,
meaningful sentences.
Elements
of Fiction
Assist the reader in comprehending the action of the
story by helping him or her create a mental picture.
Positive
Profile
Create a positive profile of a particular character
by gathering information about the character, evaluating
and synthesizing the information, and creating a positive
written impression of him/her.
Predicting
the Outcomes
Allows students to "stop," "drop,"
and "roll." Students are encouraged to stop
where they are, drop the novel (close the book momentarily),
and roll all of the information they have into a prediction
of what will happen in the coming chapters.
Logographic
Cues
Identify simple symbols or pictures that act as a visual
reminder of an important literary element in a text,
thereby providing a support for students as they read.
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