Strengthening Reading & Writing Skills Using the Internet

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Questioning the Text
Helps students improve their reading comprehension by questioning the test, thinking aloud, writing post-it notes, and participating in guided practice.

What Are Storyboards?
Storyboarding, or picture writing, is the origin of all written languages. Storyboards are widely used because we know pictures combined with text offer a rich synthesis of information that can entertain and inform. The pictures in picture writing can be simple cartoons, photographs, or sophisticated technical diagrams. This technique can be an invaluable tool when differentiating reading and writing instruction.

Reading Clinic: Use Predictions to Help Kids Think Deeply About Books
Kids find evidence to form hunches, they also ask questions, recall facts, reread, skim, infer, draw conclusions, and, ultimately, comprehend the text more fully.

LESSON PLAN	Hermeneutics: Teaching Students Author's Purpose Students learn how to examine sources. Gives the teacher an opportunity to guide the students through such examination with light literature.
UNIT PLAN	Literature Circles for High School Reluctant Readers Use literature circles to get your reluctant readers excited about literature.