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BEFORE READING

Anticipation Guide

: The anticipation guide denotes a set of a few questions that are designed to activate the prior knowledge of the students . The questions are formulated to help them make predictions or disband misconceptions about the text . It will also guide them toward considering important issues that will come up during the reading (Daniels Zemelman , 2004

How to teach : The teacher formulates approximately 3-5 questions that are related to the subject matter of the text . These will be in the form of open-ended questions that will invite discussion

. The questions should attack the central themes of the text . The class will then be invited to participate in answering the questions and giving their reasons for making their claims . They might discuss as a large group or even in smaller groups or pairs . The teacher will stress that the activity is not about getting the correct answer . The discussion period will be short and lead directly into the reading (Daniels Zemelman 2004

Usefulness : The students who use this before-reading strategy will have more of an idea of what the purpose is for reading the text . This activity activates the brains of students before the reading actually starts , so that they get more from the text while reading it . It also helps the students to locate the big issues or themes of the text and engages them in conversation with both the author and other readers (Daniels Zemelman , 2004

Application to Social Studies : For teaching the War of 1812 , questions could be asked about why students would consider the naval power of a country to be important when fighting an international war . Another question posed could concern why students believed relations between Britain and the United States might have been strained

Evaluation and Modification : The strategy appeared helpful to transform the students into thinkers before the reading process actually began . It is usually the case that students ' minds take a few minutes to warm up This way , the anticipation guide gave their minds exercise and direction so that they were ready to generate and absorb ideas once the reading began . A modification would include getting students to discuss these questions within small groups before returning to the big discussion group with their most important comment

DURING READING

Double-entry Journals

: This strategy is used during reading and involves a more structured and directed form of note-taking . The notes are taken in one of two columns , depending of the kind of note being made . One column contains the student 's comments while the other column contains notes from the text that might have invited the comment . The comments themselves might take the form of questions , reactions , reflections , or confusions (Daniels Zemelman , 2004

How to teach : The teacher models how a student might be able to make the distinction between an important idea and a trivial or minor one . This might be done by thinking aloud for the student to hear . The teacher also rephrases the big ideas in his...