We completed a Pre-Assessment test to help work on reading comprehension and endurance for the NCFE.
We began our Short Story Unit today!
READING STRATEGIES: We quickly reviewed the Reading Strategies for prose (pg. 7 - Textbook) How do we read? How can we shape our reading habits to become a more active reader?
We began our Short Story Unit today!
READING STRATEGIES: We quickly reviewed the Reading Strategies for prose (pg. 7 - Textbook) How do we read? How can we shape our reading habits to become a more active reader?
- Predict: Try to figure out what will happen next and how the selection might end. Then read on to see how accurate your guesses were. This will help you become invested in the story and possible outcomes.
- Ex: Think about M. Night Shymalan movies (The Visit, The Sixth Sense, The Village, Devil). His movies always have a twist ending, so we try to predict how they will end.
- Visualize: Visualize characters, events, and setting to help you understand what's happening. When you read nonfiction, pay attention to the images that form in your mind as you read.
- Ex: Everyone has read Romeo and Juliet. Even though Leonard was PERFECT as Romeo in the Baz Luhrman movie...recast William Shakespeare's classic love story. Who do you picture as Romeo? Juliet?
- Connect: Connect personally with what you are reading. Think of similarities between the descriptions in the selection and what you have personally experienced, heard about, and read about.
- Ex: In The Crucible, John and Elizabeth Proctor, along with many others, were being accused of something they did not do. Have you ever been accused of something that you didn't do? Did you handle it similarly to the characters?
- Question: Question what happens while you read. Searching for reasons behind events and characters' feelings can help you feel closer to what you are reading.
- Ex: Why did Scout begin to cry when she finally met Boo Radley in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird? Why did the men harassing Atticus and Tom Robinson outside of the jailhouse disperse once Scout began to talk to them?
- Clarify: Don't just read and read and read until you reach the end, only to find out you have no clue what you just read. Stop occasionally to review what you understand, and expect to have your understanding change and develop as you read on. Reread and use resources to help you clarify your understanding. Also, watch for answer to questions you had earlier.
- Evaluate: Form opinions about what you read, both while you're reading and after you've finished. Develop your own ideas about characters and events.
- Ex: "I hated the fact that Abigail and Mercy were able to cause a complete uproar and have several people killed, and then they just vanished. Arthur MIller's play is so dark and disturbing, but it was really fascinating how he tied these events to those of the Red Scare and Communism."
- As you read, look at the annotations made by Chris and Marci on the side and see if you agree with their assessment of the story. See if you have any of your own to add.
- Write down any connections / questions / observations using the reading strategies. Recast the cartoon short using real actors.