What does the author say? -
- What is this section about?
- What is the content?
- What did I learn?
- What is the claim?
What is the author doing? (Charting Verbs)
- Should always begin with a verb.
- Examples:
- Giving an example of...
- Interpreting the data about...
- Comparing the...
- Providing a quote...
- Citing the evidence from...
- Listing the causes of...
- Summarizing the information...
- Suggesting that...
Using the article as evidence, what are your thoughts on allowing personal electronics in the classroom?
AVID Critical Reading Strategies
RACE
Postreading Activities
REVIEW
Marking the Text:
An Active Reading Strategy
Writing Prompts: RACE
R- Restate
A- Answer
C- Cite
Explain
Argument Statements
Socratic Seminars
Philosophical Chairs
Marking the Text: Non-fiction
1. Number the paragraphs
2.Circle key terms, cited authors and other essential
words or numbers
3.Underline the authors claims and other
information relevant to the reading purpose
REVIEW:
Active Reading Strategies
- Rereading the Text
- Marking the Text
- Pausing to Connect
- Writing in the Margins
- Charting the Text - Today's Lesson
Quickwrite
- What types of technology distract you?
- Why does it distract you?
- Does technology have to be in front of you to distract you?
Charting the Text
Driven to Distraction
REVIEW:
Pausing to Connect:
An Active Reading Strategy
Read and Annotate
Periodically pausing to connect helps readers gain a deeper understanding of the text. Readers pause to connect to:
- clarify information
- connect visual aids to words on a page
- summarize ideas
- Add leveled questions to Cornell notes
- trace actions/relationships of characters
- analyze the author's purpose/tone/diction
Pre-Reading Strategies Review
Mark the Text:
- Number the paragraphs
- Circle key words and numbers
- Underline author's claims
- write in margins
Surveying the Text / SQ3R
Vocabulary Awareness
KWL Charts
Quickwrites
Before and After Reflection
Charting the Text:
An Active Reading Strategy
The Target Area is a Statement that blends both what the author is saying and doing.
Saying Side
Target Area
Doing Side
The Critical Reading Process