The One Pager:
A Post Reading Activity
AVID Critical Reading Strategies
- Write the name of the author, publication & date
- Include 1 significant quote from the reading with rationale as to why you selected this quote
- Summarize the authors key claims
- List evidence cited by the author to advance their claim
- Account for key terms & explain how they are used
- Draw 2 or more illustrations representing key ideas from the reading
Post Reading Activities
Marking the Text:
An Active Reading Strategy
Writing Prompts
The One Pager
Argument Statements
Say, Do, Mean Summaries
Sentence Starters
Socratic Seminars
3 Part Source Integration Writing Exercise
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
Active Reading Strategies
- Rereading the Text
- Marking the Text
- Pausing to Connect
- Writing in the Margins
- Charting the Text
Quickwrite
- What types of technology distract you?
- Why does it distract you?
- Does technology have to be in front of you to distract you?
Pausing to Connect:
An Active Reading Strategy
What Do You Think?
Match the following percentages to the prompts
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
- trace actions/relationships of characters
- analyze the author's purpose/tone/diction
Pre-Reading Strategies
85%
43%
60%
16%
85%
31%
75%
73%
Surveying the Text / Text Scrolling
Vocabulary Awareness Charting
KWL Charts
Quickwrites
Making Connections Through Language Activities
30 Second Expert
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