To teach or convey the
ideas in “Active Reading” to a developmental reading/writing class in regards
to pre-writing I would distribute an essay of several pages to the
students. Then I would have them skim
the text by having them read the title, biography of the author and the first
and last paragraphs. I would go through
each item one by one and then have the students do a brainstorming activity by writing
a list of ideas. Then I would ask the students
what they think the essay is about. I
would explain to the students that these pre-reading activities are good habits
to get into before they begin reading an essay more actively. I think by facilitating students in these
processes it will help them make inferences about the texts before they read
them more deeply and also help them in the selection process of future texts.
During reading I would
ask students to draw stars next to passages that they think are important in
the reading and ask them to take a minute to imagine a picture of the idea they
just read in their mind. I think this
will help them remember important topics within the essay. I would also ask students to try reading at
different paces. Reading a little faster
through portions of the text that they feel are not as important and slowing
down when they feel sections need more attention. I would also ask them to stop and reflect on
passages that they feel are of importance.
After reading I would
have a whole class discussion on the reading.
I would follow that up by having students do a free writing exercise.
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