According to research, students retain information best when they are actively thinking during the reading process. Yet many students need practice in order to master this skill. Teaching active reading to students helps them become more engaged in a text, increasing both comprehension and retention.
Guide your students through this Active Reading organizer during the first couple of uses in class. Make sure they understand the difference between a FACT, QUESTION and RESPONSE. Once students grasp the concepts, they can use the organizer independently for in-class assignments or homework.
Here's a sample worksheet with information that a student may fill out after reading the biography of Emily Dickinson on Answers.com:
Guide your students through this Active Reading organizer during the first couple of uses in class. Make sure they understand the difference between a FACT, QUESTION and RESPONSE. Once students grasp the concepts, they can use the organizer independently for in-class assignments or homework.
Fact
In nonfiction and fiction alike, there is always new information to learn. Record interesting trivia, data, statistics, etc.
Remember: Answers.com has definitions and information on nearly 4 million words and topics.
Question
Did a particular passage leave a lingering question? Did you come across a word you didn't know? If so, write it down. Later in the text, the answer may appear. If it doesn't, conduct further research to find the answer.Response
Reading often causes reactions. A text may surprise, delight, disgust or inspire. It may also lead to remembering things outside the text — usually called connections. Connections are often text-to-self, text-to-text or text-to-world.Here's a sample worksheet with information that a student may fill out after reading the biography of Emily Dickinson on Answers.com:
Click here to download the worksheet for your class.
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