102 Reading Response Lessons: Improving Comprehension Skills for Test Day--and Beyond

by Kristin Noelle Wolfgang

Overview

Using this classroom-tested five-step process, your students will learn to dismantle even the most challenging comprehension questions and respond in clear, sophisticated paragraphs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412925501
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/30/2005
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kristin Wolfgang currently teaches at Ka’u High and Pahala Elementary in Pahala, Hawai’i and serves as the grade level chair. She is a member of her school’s inservice training team and has also served as a cooperating teacher for preservice teachers. Wolfgang is a member of the Hawai’i Island Writer’s Association (HIWA), the Hawai’i Island and International Reading Association (IRA). She writes short fiction, children’s fiction, poetry, and essays, and is a founding member of the Sundae Writers.

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