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SLIDESHOWS TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTION
READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES
Each time students are introduced to text, they conduct a close reading.
For a description of what a close read of a literary passage looks like, click the link here.
To find out how to do a close reading, click here.
Click here for a close reading "walk through" slideshow presentation using a poem.
Close reading is a consistent component of Authentic Literacy.
Authentic Literacy involves:
Close reading of text, including annotations (notes to track thinking)
Discussions about the text
Writing, based on the text
To find our more about Authentic Literacy, you may want to do an Internet search, or click the links below to read excerpts from Results, Now, by Mike Schmoker.
"The Power of Authentic Literacy," chapter 5
"Authentic Literacy and Intellectual Development," chapter 6
And the Mike Schmoker article:
The 6 Comprehension Toolkit Strategies
Students are introduced to reading comprehension strategies during the first few weeks of school. These same strategies will be utilized throughout the school year before, during, and after reading texts. The strategies are explained in the book, Strategies that Work, by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis. Activities using each of the strategies are also in The Comprehension Toolkit. The strategies are:
monitoring comprehension: the inner conversation
activating background knowledge and making connections
questioning
making inferences
determining importance, and
summarizing and synthesizing information
Notice and Note "signposts," developed by Kylene Beers and Robert Probst, are particularly noticeable points in a text that stand out as a significant moment in the story. They provide insight into or raise questions about literary elements such as character, setting, conflict, and theme. Because these signposts are consistently found in a majority of books, they support students as they read a wide range of literature—and even nonfiction texts.
NOTICE AND NOTE SIGNPOSTS FOR FICTION
This youtube video explains and describes each of the 6 Notice and Note signposts:
The 5 Notice and Note signposts for NONFICTION texts are:
1. Contrasts and Contradictions
2. Absolute or Extreme Language
3. Numbers and Stats
4. Quoted Words
5. Word Gaps
Click the link here for a slideshow with examples and explanations for both the literary and nonfiction signposts (nonfiction signposts begin on slide #30).
ANNOTATING A TEXT
Click the youtube video links below to see demonstrations of how to annotate texts.
Accountable Talk
What is "accountable talk?" Why is it important in a teaching and learning environment?
Click here to view a slideshow presentation that explains the importance of accountable talk in a teaching and learning environment.
BOOK TALK MODEL
After reading a book, students should complete a book talk slideshow presentation. The presentation will be like an advertisement informing an audience about the book and encouraging them to read it. The book talk should include a title slide, biographical information about the author, important and interesting details about the book, a critique on the book (whether or not you recommend it to others and why), clip art images, and at least one link to an Internet source that shows evidence of research regarding the subject or topic of the book. The book talk model below includes all of the above-mentioned details. Students may use it as a guide to complete their own. Once you open the slideshow below, download it to your computer or flash drive and just use the slides to revise it with details that match your book. Save your new slideshow with a new file name. Make sure it includes part of the book title and your name in it.
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