Transcript Active Reading

Learn to Make Reading a 3-D Experience
Using the 3 Phases of Active reading
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What is Active Reading?
Why is Active Reading Important?
What are the 3 phases of Active Reading?
Which actions steps are listed under each
phase of Active Reading?
What are actions of a “good reader”?
Reading is more than sounding out words.
It’s more than reading a “good story”.
Active Reading is an engaged process.
Active Reading is an engaged process.
Engaged – (v) to interact, to be busy, to be doing something
Active Reading is an engaged process.
Engaged – (v) to interact, to be busy, to be doing something
Active Reading is an engaged process.
Engaged – (v) to interact, to be busy, to be doing something
Active Reading is an engaged process.
Engaged – (v) to interact, to be busy, to be doing something
Antonym – turn off, disinterest, ignore
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Benefits of Active Reading
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Increases interest in reading
Improves comprehension of text
Creates a framework for effective reading
Helps readers better understand the world
Increases reader’s interaction with text
Active Reading is an engaged process.
Good Readers
THINK!
Active Reading is an engaged process.
Good Readers think!
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They think BEFORE they read.
Active Reading is an engaged process.
Readers think!
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They think BEFORE they read.
They think WHILE they read.
Active Reading is an engaged
process.
Readers think!
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They think BEFORE they read.
They think WHILE they read.
They think AFTER they read.
Readers think!
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BEFORE
Readers think!
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BEFORE
WHILE
Readers think!
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BEFORE
WHILE
AFTER
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3 Phases of Active Reading
◦ Before
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3 Phases of Active Reading
◦ Before
◦ While
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3 Phases of Active Reading
◦ Before
◦ While
◦ After
Before
Reading
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Before Reading
◦ Read Title/Read Captions
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Before Reading
◦ Read Title/Read Captions
◦ Observe Layout/Observe Pictures/Graphs
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Before Reading
◦ Read Title/Read Captions
◦ Observe Layout/Observe Pictures/Graphs
◦ Read Summary
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Before Reading
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Read Title/Read Captions
Observe Layout/Observe Pictures/Graphs
Read Summary
Read Questions
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Before Reading
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Read Title/Read Captions
Observe Layout/Observe Pictures/Graphs
Read Summary
Read Questions
Read Author Information
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Before Reading
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Read Title/Read Captions
Observe Layout/Observe Pictures/Graphs
Read Summary
Read Questions
Read Author Information
Skim/Scan the Text
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Before Reading
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Read Title/Read Captions
Observe Layout/Observe Pictures/Graphs
Read Summary
Read Questions
Read Author Information
Skim/Scan the Text
Think About What You ALREADY Know
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Before Reading
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Read Title/Read Captions
Observe Layout/Observe Pictures/Graphs
Read Summary
Read Questions
Read Author Information
Skim/Scan the Text
Think About What You ALREADY Know
Generate prediction
While Reading
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While Reading
◦ Ask questions about the characters
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While Reading
◦ Ask questions about the characters
◦ Ask questions about the events
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While Reading
◦ Ask questions about the characters
◦ Ask questions about the events
◦ Ask questions about the setting
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While Reading
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Ask questions about the characters
Ask questions about the events
Ask questions about the setting
Connect events within the story
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While Reading
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Ask questions about the characters
Ask questions about the events
Ask questions about the setting
Connect events within the story
Connect events in story with other literature
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While Reading
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Ask questions about the characters
Ask questions about the events
Ask questions about the setting
Connect events within the story
Connect events in story with other literature
Compare prediction to details revealed
After
Reading
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After Reading
◦ Write Summary
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After Reading
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◦ Compare reading with other literature
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After Reading
◦ Write Summary
◦ Compare reading with other literature
◦ Identify the purpose of literature
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After Reading
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Write Summary
Compare reading with other literature
Identify the purpose of literature
Answer previously generated questions
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After Reading
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Write Summary
Compare reading with other literature
Identify the purpose of literature
Answer previously generated questions
Discuss the literature
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What is Active Reading?
Why is Active Reading Important?
What are the 3 phases of Active Reading?
Which actions steps are listed under each
phase of Active Reading?
What are actions of a “good reader”?