Reading Writing Strategies Before During After

Reading and Writing in All Content Areas for Secondary Teachers

Reading and Writing “Like writing, reading is an act of composition. When we write, we compose thoughts on paper. When we read, we compose meaning in our minds. Thoughtful active readers use the text to stimulate their own thinking and to engage with the mind of the writer.” Stephanie Harvey, Strategies That Work, 2000, 14.

Under the protection of the umbrella, students can pick and choose the strategies and traits they need to engage in reading and writing successfully.

An Overview Reading Strategie s

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Writing Traits

Accessing Prior Knowledge Questioning Predicting

Clarifying Summarizing Identifying Text Structure

•Ideas •Voic e •Word Choice

•Organizatio n •Sentence Fluency •Convention

All strategies and traits are used

before , and

after

during , reading or writing.

Before reading and writing strategies

Reading

Writing

Accessing prior knowledge

Ideas

Identifying text structure

Organization

During reading and writing strategies

Reading

Writing

Questioning

Voice

Predicting

Word Choice

Clarifying

Sentence Fluency

After reading and writing strategies

Reading

Writing

Summarizing

Conventions

Reminder All strategies fit together under the umbrella of reading and writing and are in constant use.

Now we’re ready to begin! Before reading and writing We are going to read a short piece and write a paragraph about The World’s Most Endangered Primate.

On a piece of paper, write down what you already know about endangered animals. (Reading Strategy-Accessing Prior Knowledge)

Draw a picture of what you think an endangered animal would look like. (Writing Trait-Ideas)

During reading and writing As you read the article on the handout, write questions that come to your mind. (Reading Strategy -Questioning)

Underline the words that stand out. (Writing TraitWord choice)

After reading and writing Write a summary of what you’ve read. (Reading StrategySummary)

Write about an animal that you create and describe it using all the senses. (Writing Trait – Word choice)

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Before reading strategies and writing traits

Identifying text structures-Reading Strategy And Organization-Writing Traits Cause and Effect

Compare and Contrast

Definition

Sequence

Problem Solving

Description

Question and Answer