Encourage conversations around and about reading to build reading communities
This sections explores five strategies for achieving this
Among students
Among teachers
Between students and teachers, and the broader school community
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What are Reading Discussion Starters?
What are Reading Discussion Starters?
Reading discussion prompts are activities that serve as starting points for discussion around what was read.
When should reading discussion starters be used?
When should reading discussion starters be used?
Reading discussion prompts may be used as post-reading activities. These could take place toward the end of term for students to share what they have read during extensive reading periods, or after a term or semestral break for students to discuss their holiday reads.
Why use reading discussion prompts?
Why use reading discussion prompts?
Reading discussion prompts:
encourage students to make connections between what they have read and what they understand about themselves and the world, thereby increasing motivation to read;
facilitate book-centered discussions which contribute to a student-led reading culture; and
serve as informal and low-stakes platforms for teachers to monitor their students’ developing reading habits and interests.
How should reading discussion starters be used?
How should reading discussion starters be used?
Teachers could consider students’ dispositions, readiness and interests when selecting and modifying reading discussion prompts. A choice of discussion prompts could also be offered to students for greater personalisation of the learning experience.
For more visible role-modelling, teachers could join their students in responding to the discussion prompts based on their own reading and share their thoughts with students.
For discussion prompts that involve the production of artefacts, such as writing a book review, ensure that there are opportunities for students to share their artefacts and for their peers to respond to what was shared.
Resources:
The reading discussion prompts may be found on p. 13-14 of Chapter 2.1 of the ELS 2020 Teaching and Learning Guide (TLG), “Extensive Reading, Listening and Viewing”. Details on other related resources are also provided on p. 17 of the same chapter. You may access the TLG via OPAL.
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