Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-289) and index
Contents:
Guiding reading response in your classroom : An introduction : Overview ; Development Planning and implementation : Phase one ; Phase two ; Phase three ; Suggested texts ; Response sheets ; Anchor pieces ; Rubrics ; Using six traits ; Data collection ; Independent reading logs ; Teacher flexibility Lesson plans : Reading response lesson plan: phase one ; Reading response lesson plan: phase two ; Reading response lesson plan: phase three One rubric for every response Data collection Suggested texts Anchor pieces for selected questions Independent reading logs : Reading log questions Comprehension (an understanding of what was read) : Comprehension of narrative texts : Point out the main idea of the passage ; How does your understanding of the main character help you predict what he or she will do next? ; Predict what will happen next based on the plot of the story ; Summarize the story ; Identify the main problem in the story ; Describe the mood ; Compare the setting of this story with the setting of another story you have read ; Compare the characters in this story with the characters in another story you have read Comprehension of informational texts : Tell someone who read this article would learn from reading it ; Restate the information from this piece ; Name details from this selection that support the main idea ; Make a prediction about the course of action the author may take next ; Use your prior knowledge to predict what information will be next ; Point out the most important section ; Compare information from this passage to information from another passage Comprehension of functional texts : Identify the main idea of this section ; Summarize what the passage explains how to do ; Estimate how much time it would take to follow the instructions ; Identify who would need this information and how they would use it Application (organization, clarification, conclusions) : Application of narrative texts : Tell the steps a character takes to solve a problem ; Tell how your prior knowledge helped you understand the story ; Describe how the mood changed during the story ; Tell how the main character changed during the story ; Tell about the plot development in the story ; Why do you think the author wrote this passage? Application of informational texts : Describe the organizational structure used in this article ; Tell what clue words you used to decide which organizational structure was used ; If there were no text features included in the article, could you do the task described? ; How is the article organized? ; This article is organized in sequential order ; Why is this the best structure for this article? ; Use the facts from this article to write a story Application of functional texts : What added information would you need to do this task? Analysis (compare content to personal experiences) : Analysis of narrative texts : How are the events in the story like things that have happened to you? ; Compare the characters in the story with someone you know ; How are your feelings similar to or different from the main character's feelings? ; Explain whether you would act the same as the main character ; Which part interested you most? ; How does the setting compare with where you live? ; Tell about a time when you experienced an incident like the one in the story ; Explain how the author's message connects to your own life ; Make a list of questions you would like to ask the author ; What questions would you like to ask the main character? ; What are the attitudes of the main character? ; What are the feelings of the main character? ; What are the motives of the main character? Analysis of informational texts : What added information would you like to read about? ; Point out facts in the text that you didn't know before ; Based on your prior knowledge, explain whether the facts in the selection go along with what you already knew or not ; Tell what course of action you might take n
