Transcript Strategies for Before, During and After Reading

Strategies for Before, During
and After Reading
Thompson Junior High
Literacy Conference
Determining Importance
• Opening Activity: Take a minute to think of
3 statements about yourself, two of them
are true and one of them is a lie.
• Then share these statements with a
partner and see if each of you can point
out the truth statements from the lie.
Before Reading
 Good readers think about reading before
they start to read to help them
understand what they know about the
topic.
 As a group let’s brainstorm some
strategies that we use before we read a
piece of text
Before Reading Strategies
Strategies you should use before reading
include:
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Set a purpose for reading: Why am I reading this piece of text?
What do I know about this topic?
What predictions can I make about the text?
What new vocabulary do I need to learn before I start?
What features of text, (headings, bold) aid comprehension?
Landing The Ideal Summer
Job
My purpose for reading the article
is…
I am a student looking ideas to find a
great summer job.
Knowledge about the
topic
What do I know about the article?
It’s about summer jobs. (the title)
It has something to do with resumes and
interviews.
It has something to do with a professional
Image.
Predictions I can make
Three predictions I have for this article are…
It will explain how to find a great summer
job.
It will explain how to network.
It will explain where I can find a summer job.
New Vocabulary
Two vocabulary words I need to learn
are…go to a dictionary
Network: to cultivate people who can be helpful to one
professionally, esp. in finding employment or moving to
a higher position.
Internship: any official or formal program to provide
practical experience for beginners in an occupation or
profession.
Features of text
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Features of text that can help me are…
Headings
Bullets
Font size
Title
During Reading
Strategies you should use during reading include:
 Assess and revise predictions.
My first prediction is correct since the article is basically all
about summer jobs.
My second prediction is also correct as about halfway through the
article it explains how to network to find a job.
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My third prediction is incorrect. The article does not tell me where I
can find a summer job locally.
Connections to Text
Make a link to what I know about the topic
(Text to Text, Text to Self, Text to World)
 Three connections to text I have are:
 1. I have read articles about summer jobs.
Text to Text
 2. I have had summer jobs.
Text to Self
 3. I have applied for summer jobs.
Text to World
During Reading: Questioning
Ask myself questions. 5W’s and How
All about professional image.
Who needs a professional image?
What is a professional image?
When do I need to have a professional image?
Where do I need to have a professional image?
Why do I need to have a professional image?
How can I have a professional image?
Fix Up Strategy
Re-read
Re-read a section.
“Dressing for the interview.” Why?
Because there is a lot of information to
understand.
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Fix Up Strategy
Read Ahead
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Go ahead and read and see if it makes
sense. “Visual resume” We could jump to
create a resume, but when we do we
realize that it doesn’t make sense, it’s a
different type of resume. Better to go back
and read entire section on image first.
After Reading Strategies
 There are a number of strategies after
reading that can help you make meaning
of what you have just read.
 Some of these include:
Summarizing the main points,
Making up Questions, and
Asking yourself is the title appropriate.
Summarizing
 To summarize it is a good idea to use a
graphic organizer to aid comprehension.
 An example of a completed organizer for
the article Landing the Ideal Summer Job
would look as follows.
 Explain my choices for completing the
organizer.
Skip trendy stuff, Appearance,
Behavior, Communication,
Good eye contact,
Firm handshake
Create a
professional
image
Practice
Interview Skills
Practice Questions with
friends or family. Know why
you want to work there. Ask
Smart questions
Landing a
Summer Job
Create a Resume
Be accurate, organized, and
Interesting. Spelling and
Grammar. Extra-curricular.
Network
Meet people who can help,
Job-shadow, Volunteer, or
Intern
Making Questions
 To see if you understand the main ideas
you could make up questions and ask
someone else to answer them. Two
questions we could make up about this
article are:
 1. What is a professional image?
 2. Why should people network?
Appropriate Title
 Ask yourself this question. Is the title for
this article appropriate?
 In this case the article is focused on
summer jobs and what you need to do to
find a great summer job, so we can
conclude that it would be an appropriate
title for this article.
Your turn
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In a group of four you now will have a turn to read an article and
use before, during, and after reading strategies.
Answer the following questions as a group. Have one person per
group act as a recorder. Answer on the sheet provided.
What is our purpose for reading?
Look up the definitions for two words you need to know the meaning
of and write them down.
Make three predictions about what you think you will learn in the
article.
Make three connections to the text and write them down.
What do we know about the topic? Answer the five W’s and How
questions in the space provided.
Summarize the main points of the article in an organizer.
Make up a question based on the article for another group to answer.
Wrap up
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There are a number of strategies you should
use when reading. Some can be used before
you read, others during reading, and still
others after reading. All will help you
understand what you read.
Please complete the booklet before leaving.
Keep reading and using these strategies and
you will be a great reader!