102 Reading Response Lessons

Improving Comprehension Skills for Test Day--and Beyond
Kristin Noelle Wolfgang - Ka'u High and Pahala Elementary School
102 Reading Response Lessons
November 2005 | 312 pages | Corwin
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Empower your students to skillfully analyze and respond in writing to any comprehension question!

Helping students comprehend what they read is a challenging goal, but even more daunting is teaching students to answer comprehension questions in writing. Based on the author's interactions with her students, this innovative text presents a five-step method that has proven not only to help students improve their literacy skills for standardized tests but also, and more important, to help them respond to what they read in your classroom and beyond.

This resource presents a process that requires only two 30-minute sessions per week and can be used across content areas and grade levels. Using the built-in scaffolding, students quickly learn how to dismantle even the most challenging comprehension questions and respond to them in clear, sophisticated paragraphs. Numerous rubrics are included, empowering students to:

  • Analyze and respond effectively in writing to comprehension questions
  • Develop and enhance critical vocabulary skills
  • Learn to assess their own work
  • Recognize what constitutes powerful writing

Enhance your students' ability and confidence to skillfully analyze and respond in writing to any comprehension question!

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Section 1: Guiding Reading Response in Your Classroom

  • 1. An Introduction
  • 2. Planning and Implementation
  • 3. Lesson Plans
  • 4. One Rubric for Every Response
  • 5. Data Collection
  • 6. Suggested Texts
  • 7. Anchor Pieces for Selected Questions
  • 8. Independent Reading Logs

Section 2: Comprehension (An Understanding of What Was Read)

  • 9. Comprehension of Narrative Texts
  • 10. Comprehension of Informational Texts
  • 11. Comprehension of Functional Texts

Section 3: Application (Organization, Clarification, Conclusions)

  • 12. Application of Narrative Texts
  • 13. Application of Informational Texts
  • 14. Application of Functional Texts

Section 4: Analysis (Compare Content to Personal Experiences)

  • 15. Analysis of Narrative Texts
  • 16. Analysis of Informational Texts
  • 17. Analysis of Functional Texts

Section 5: Synthesis (Organizing the Content in New Ways)

  • 18. Synthesis of Narrative Texts
  • 19. Synthesis of Informational Texts
  • 20. Synthesis of Functional Texts

Section 6: Evaluation (Making a Judgment)

  • 21. Evaluation of Narrative Texts
  • 22. Evaluation of Informational Texts
  • 23. Evaluation of Functional Texts
  • Resources
  • Index

Additional materials

Description

Empower your students to skillfully analyze and respond in writing to any comprehension question!

Helping students comprehend what they read is a challenging goal, but even more daunting is teaching students to answer comprehension questions in writing. Based on the author's interactions with her students, this innovative text presents a five-step method that has proven not only to help students improve their literacy skills for standardized tests but also, and more important, to help them respond to what they read in your classroom and beyond.

This resource presents a process that requires only two 30-minute sessions per week and can be used across content areas and grade levels. Using the built-in scaffolding, students quickly learn how to dismantle even the most challenging comprehension questions and respond to them in clear, sophisticated paragraphs. Numerous rubrics are included, empowering students to:

  • Analyze and respond effectively in writing to comprehension questions
  • Develop and enhance critical vocabulary skills
  • Learn to assess their own work
  • Recognize what constitutes powerful writing

Enhance your students' ability and confidence to skillfully analyze and respond in writing to any comprehension question!

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Section 1: Guiding Reading Response in Your Classroom

  • 1. An Introduction
  • 2. Planning and Implementation
  • 3. Lesson Plans
  • 4. One Rubric for Every Response
  • 5. Data Collection
  • 6. Suggested Texts
  • 7. Anchor Pieces for Selected Questions
  • 8. Independent Reading Logs

Section 2: Comprehension (An Understanding of What Was Read)

  • 9. Comprehension of Narrative Texts
  • 10. Comprehension of Informational Texts
  • 11. Comprehension of Functional Texts

Section 3: Application (Organization, Clarification, Conclusions)

  • 12. Application of Narrative Texts
  • 13. Application of Informational Texts
  • 14. Application of Functional Texts

Section 4: Analysis (Compare Content to Personal Experiences)

  • 15. Analysis of Narrative Texts
  • 16. Analysis of Informational Texts
  • 17. Analysis of Functional Texts

Section 5: Synthesis (Organizing the Content in New Ways)

  • 18. Synthesis of Narrative Texts
  • 19. Synthesis of Informational Texts
  • 20. Synthesis of Functional Texts

Section 6: Evaluation (Making a Judgment)

  • 21. Evaluation of Narrative Texts
  • 22. Evaluation of Informational Texts
  • 23. Evaluation of Functional Texts
  • Resources
  • Index

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102 Reading Response Lessons

Improving Comprehension Skills for Test Day--and Beyond


November 2005 | 312 pages | Corwin

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Empower your students to skillfully analyze and respond in writing to any comprehension question!

Helping students comprehend what they read is a challenging goal, but even more daunting is teaching students to answer comprehension questions in writing. Based on the author's interactions with her students, this innovative text presents a five-step method that has proven not only to help students improve their literacy skills for standardized tests but also, and more important, to help them respond to what they read in your classroom and beyond.

This resource presents a process that requires only two 30-minute sessions per week and can be used across content areas and grade levels. Using the built-in scaffolding, students quickly learn how to dismantle even the most challenging comprehension questions and respond to them in clear, sophisticated paragraphs. Numerous rubrics are included, empowering students to:

  • Analyze and respond effectively in writing to comprehension questions
  • Develop and enhance critical vocabulary skills
  • Learn to assess their own work
  • Recognize what constitutes powerful writing

Enhance your students' ability and confidence to skillfully analyze and respond in writing to any comprehension question!


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Section 1: Guiding Reading Response in Your Classroom
  • 1. An Introduction
  • 2. Planning and Implementation
  • 3. Lesson Plans
  • 4. One Rubric for Every Response
  • 5. Data Collection
  • 6. Suggested Texts
  • 7. Anchor Pieces for Selected Questions
  • 8. Independent Reading Logs
  • Section 2: Comprehension (An Understanding of What Was Read)
  • 9. Comprehension of Narrative Texts
  • 10. Comprehension of Informational Texts
  • 11. Comprehension of Functional Texts
  • Section 3: Application (Organization, Clarification, Conclusions)
  • 12. Application of Narrative Texts
  • 13. Application of Informational Texts
  • 14. Application of Functional Texts
  • Section 4: Analysis (Compare Content to Personal Experiences)
  • 15. Analysis of Narrative Texts
  • 16. Analysis of Informational Texts
  • 17. Analysis of Functional Texts
  • Section 5: Synthesis (Organizing the Content in New Ways)
  • 18. Synthesis of Narrative Texts
  • 19. Synthesis of Informational Texts
  • 20. Synthesis of Functional Texts
  • Section 6: Evaluation (Making a Judgment)
  • 21. Evaluation of Narrative Texts
  • 22. Evaluation of Informational Texts
  • 23. Evaluation of Functional Texts
  • Resources
  • Index

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