Reading Better, Reading Smarter

by Appleman, Deborah; Graves, Michael F.

• ISBN13: 9780325042404
• ISBN10: 0325042403
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-07
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Summary

Reading Better, Reading Smarter addresses all areas of planning and implementing Scaffolded Reading Experiences (SREs) and prepares teachers to create their own SREs to scaffold their students' reading. By considering the text, their students, and the purpose of the lesson, teachers will be able to create appropriate scaffolding for each reading experience their students face. This widely applicable text includes:

Author Biography

Deborah Appleman is the Hollis L. Caswell professor and chair of educational studies and director of the Summer Writing Program at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Deborah has authored a number of titles including Critical Encounters in High School English (a winner of the Richard A. Meade Award) and the Heinemann title Reading for Themselves: How to Transform Adolescents into Lifelong Readers Through Out-of-Class Book Clubs (2006). Michael F. Graves is a former high school English teacher, Professor Emeritus of Literacy Education at the University of Minnesota, and a member of the Reading Hall of Fame. Michael has authored and coauthored more than a dozen books on vocabulary learning and instruction and on comprehension instruction. His recent books include Teaching Vocabulary to English-Language Learners, Fostering Comprehension in English Classes, and Reading and Responding in the Middle Grades.

Table of Contents

Preface
English Teacher and Reading Teacher	p. xi
Teaching Literature or Teaching Reading?	p. xii
From English Teacher to Literacy Teacher	p. xii
Today's Language Arts Classroom	p. xiii
The Literacy Crisis	p. xiii
Scaffolded Reading Experiences	p. xiv
SREs Can Transform How You Teach Literature	p. xv
Overview of This Book	p. xvi
A Final Word	p. xvi
Introduction
What Is a Scaffolded Reading Experience?	p. 1
What Is a Scaffolded Reading Experience?	p. 2
Prereading Activities	p. 5
During-Reading Activities	p. 8
Postreading Activities	p. 9
Variability in Scaffolded Reading Experiences	p. 13
Critical Constructs Underlying Scaffolded Reading
Experiences	p. 16
Differentiating Instruction	p. 19
A Final Word	p. 20
Prereading Activities	p. 21
Motivating	p. 24
Relating the Reading to Students' Lives	p. 26
Building or Activating Background Knowledge	p. 28
Providing Text-Specific Knowledge	p. 30
Preteaching Vocabulary	p. 31
Preteaching Concepts	p. 33
Prequestioning, Predicting, and Setting Direction	p. 35
Suggesting Strategies	p. 37
Considering Literary Elements	p. 38
Suggesting Literary Lenses	p. 40
A Final Word	p. 41
During-Reading Activities	p. 43
Silent Reading	p. 44
Reading to Students	p. 44
Supported Reading	p. 46
Traditional Study Activities	p. 49
Student Oral Reading	p. 51
Modifying the Text	p. 53
A Final Word	p. 55
Postreading Activities	p. 56
Questioning	p. 57
Discussion	p. 59
Writing	p. 61
Drama	p. 63
Artistic, Graphic, and Nonverbal Activities	p. 65
Application and Outreach	p. 67
Building Connections	p. 69
Reteaching	p. 71
A Final Word	p. 73
Lenses for Approaching Literary Texts	p. 75
Getting Started: Prereading Activities	p. 76
Introducing Literary Lenses	p. 77
Scaffolding Reading Experiences and Literary Lenses	p. 80
A Final Word	p. 86
Comprehensive SREs for English Classes	p. 87
Comprehensive SRE for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights	p. 88
Comprehensive SRE for "The Boy Without a Flag" By Abraham Rodriguez, Jr.	p. 96
A Final Word	p. 102
Selecting Texts and Assessing Student Performance	p. 104
Selecting Texts	p. 104
Assessing Student Performance	p. 109
A Final Word	p. 116
Literature Cited	p. 117
References	p. 122
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