Pre-reading Strategy: Read Around The Text
Most people always scan the headlines/pictures/captions in a magazine or news article before reading it. Why? It is simple... to gain some interest, desire, or reason to read! Does this happen in your classroom? Is the text that you are using in your classroom examined by the class before it is read? This strategy seems natural and simple enough, but most of the time students hear, "Open your books to page 100 and read until page 105."
Where is the desire in that?
A simple pre-reading strategy to help create interest and a purpose to read is called, "Reading Around the Text". This is a simple strategy that involves a few steps.
1. Scan the text/chapter/passage for pictures or graphics.
- What information can you gain?
2. Find the captions and read them.
3. Look for any maps, charts, graphs, or visual representations and discuss what information is presented.
- What do you know about the information provided?
4. Look at the titles, headings, and subheadings.
- What is the main theme/idea presented?
5. Develop a set of questions to discuss during and after the reading. Find a PURPOSE!
Teaching Tip: Create your own "Read Around The Text" poster or bookmarks. I have some bookmarks in my office to get you started.
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