Powerful readers : thinking strategies to guide literacy instruction in secondary classrooms / Kyla Hadden, Adrienne Gear ; editor, Kat Mototsune ; cover design, John Zehethofer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hadden, Kyla, author.

Gear, Adrienne, author.

Contributor:

Mototsune, Kat, editor.

Zehethofer, John, book designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading comprehension.

Reading (Secondary).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

Portland, Maine : Stenhouse Publishers, [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

Markham, Ontario : Pembroke Publishers Limited, 2016.

Summary:

At any age or grade level, powerful readers are those who are aware of their thinking as they read. The assumption is that high school students don't need to be taught how to read; but even if they can decode words and gain literal understanding, they often don't think deeply about what they are reading. Presenting a balance of theory and practical lessons, Powerful Readers demonstrates that instruction in the key strategies of connecting, visualizing, questioning, inferring, determining importance, and transforming can help students develop their reading skills and get more out of their work with fiction and nonfiction. Step-by-step lessons for introducing and using the strategies, connections to literary devices, and reading lists for each strategy are all part of this valuable resource.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

1 Welcome to Powerful Reading

What Makes a Powerful Reader?

Reading Strategies

Metacognition

Interacting with Text

Reading Power in the Classroom

Fiction Reading Power in Language Arts Classes

Nonfiction Reading Power in Content Area Classes

Reading Power Beyond the Blocks

Sample Book List by Issue

Lesson Using Content-Area Texts

Information Sharing

Research Projects

Vocabulary

2 Introducing Reading Power to Your Students

Introducing the Reading Powers

Knowing What Your Students Know

Fiction Reading Assessment

Nonfiction Reading Assessment

Teaching Reading Power

How Much Time Should I Spend on Each Power?

How Do I Choose Texts?

Part A: Fiction Reading Power

3 Connecting

Sequential Lessons for Connecting

Focus Literary Device: Point of View

Sample Lesson: Whose Story Is Missing?

Suggested Texts for Connecting

4 Visualizing

Sequential Lessons for Visualizing

Focus Literary Device: Setting

Sample Lesson: Story Setting

Focus Literary Device: Mood

Sample Lesson: Setting the Mood

Suggested Texts for Visualizing

5 Questioning

Sequential Lessons for Questioning

Focus Literary Device: Plot and Conflict

Sample Lesson: From Questions to Plot

Suggested Texts for Questioning

6 Inferring

Sequential Lessons for Inferring

Focus Literary Device: Direct and Indirect Characterization

Sample Lesson: Characterization

Focus Literary Device: Figurative Language

Sample Lesson: Figurative Language

Suggested Texts for Inferring

7 Transforming

Sequential Lessons for Transforming

Focus Literary Device: Theme

Sample Lesson: Letter to the Author

Sample Lesson: Book Review

Suggested Texts for Transforming

Part B: Nonfiction Reading Power.

8 Connecting

Curricular Connections for Connecting

All Subjects: Using Multiple Source

All Subjects: Evaluating Sources

9 Zooming In

Sequential Lessons for Zooming In

Curricular Connections for Zooming In

Math: Text Features

All Subjects: Using Text Features

10 Determining Importance

Sequential Lessons for Determining Importance

Curricular Connection for Determining Importance

All Subjects: Note-Taking

11 Questioning/Inferring

Sequential Lessons for Questioning and Inferring

Curricular Connections for Questioning/Inferring

Science: Scientific Method

All Subjects: Answering the Question

12 Transforming

Curricular Connection for Transforming

All Subjects: Inquiry-Based Learning

Final Thoughts

Acknowledgments

Professional Resources

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 18, 2016).

ISBN:

9781551389196

1551389193