7 Ways to Read a Text
When Strong Readers Read, What Do They Do?
- Ask Questions
- Focus on Key Passage
- Grapple with Key Words
- Find Connections Between Books and Our Own Lives, the World, Other Text
- Summarize Text Down to Core Concepts
- Illustrate or Graph Key Concepts
- Investigate Background Information Around the Text (Murnen, 2013)
According to Dr. Tim Murnen (2013), "These seven ways to read a novel, short story, or poem, etc. are the foundation of Literature Circles. But really, you don't even have to do Literature Circles with your students. First, teach your students 7 different strategies they can use when they read. Or better yet, first practice these 7 strategies yourself."
Murnen, T. (2013). Bowling Green State University.
To track my thinking across the 7 key roles of typical Literature Circle activities, I will journal my thoughts and what inspires the ways I think and act upon a text when given specific purposes. After looking over a list of classic middle and high school novels, I chose to use Frindle by Andrew Clements as a model for my journal. I will be placing myself inside the roles of each of the 7 strategies mentioned above as I read.
http://childliteratureblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/frindle.html
Comments are encouraged as I hope to inspire new thinking about teaching reading!
Sincerely,
Miss Kelly Venia
