DISCUSSION PROMPTS: TALKING TO THE TEXT, READING STRATEGIES, ACTIVE READING, OILSANDS, FEN
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In class today, we did a mini-lecture and lesson on some reading strategies we like to call "Talking to the Text." The focus of these strategies is to encourage students to be more aware of what they are doing while they are reading, and to know how to engage in ACTIVE reading. When reading for school, or for work, or even sometimes for pleasure, it's useful to ensure the time we spend reading is as effective as possible.
Enter: Talking to the Text, or TttT for short!
The 7 TttT strategies are:
- determining importance
- monitoring understanding
- making connections
- questioning
- making inferences
- visualizing
- summarizing
To get a handle on these strategies, students read a current events article, using highlighters to make their use of the reading strategies visible to them, and me!
