GUIDED READING

            Generally speaking it is probably wise to refrain from giving students  unattended, open-ended class time to read assigned text material; Nevertheless, the options of oral class reading and stop and go discussion may be equally unproductive of results.  The guided reading works well because

·       It requires a “product: at the end of the session

·       It keeps students more diligently on task in a very focused fashion, mush more successfully than merely assigning seat work.

·       This strategy works well for “pairs” as well as for individuals.

PREPARATIONS FOR ACTIVITY

·       Decide on material to be covered through in-class silent reading.

·       Create questions which will lead students through the work, making certain that the questions are sequential as well as necessitation all sorts of reading skills at each section.

Ø     Inferential questions

Ø     Factual questions

Ø     Vocabulary questions

Ø     Subjective questions to be answered at home for application practice.

                  ACTIVITY

·       Ask students to do a quick-write about the material they will cover in the reading.  Allow students about ten minutes to make a prediction or give an opinion.

·       Give students the guided reading question sheets, requiring that they be turned in at the end of the reading session.

·       Give student s a home assignment of writing a subjective paragraph about the same topic they had addressed in the quick write, discussing their changes in attitude or thoughts.