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From the Writing Retreat, 2004: Reading/Writing Connections
The gist of current wisdom culled from reading
research:
Write prior to reading
1)
Devise interest-arousing pre-tests
2)
Allow collaborative groups to discuss what they know about a problem
prior to reading
3)
Create “reading guides,” filled with key terms and context information
Write during reading
1)
Marginal notes
2)
Answers to specific reading questions
3)
Reading logs
4)
Double-entry notebooks
5)
Summaries
6)
Commonplace Books
7)
Three questions one would want to ask the author
8)
Student-generated quiz questions
9)
Translations of difficult passages into their own language
Write after reading
1)
Create assignments that require the reading skill developed in
the pre-reading activities and the writing-during-reading.
Explicitly talk about what it is to read, and model
your expert moves
1)
Show what it is to look for positions and to doubt them
2)
Show how important it is to know about a text’s context
How might each of these stages best connect in
order to improve not only reading ability and comprehension, but also
writing ability?
Questions? Additional ideas to share? Please contact
the program Director, Tim Doherty, at tdoherty@rivier.edu,
or 603-897-8483.
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