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Effective
Readers
Reading is Thinking – Mr. Bater
You are the Reader!
+ It’s important to note that, it is totally okay to not love reading.
+ If you are someone in that place, who can’t imagine ever
loving reading, that is what a lot of people feel.
+ On the other hand, if you are in a space where you feel like
you love reading, Great! Reading really can be a joy once you
find strategies and genre that works best for your interests.
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You are the Reader! (slide2)
● I can’t convince you that you will love reading by the end
of this course. But the goal is to always be learning.
Learning about our reading styles, learning about our
interests, and learning what we absolutely CAN'T stand.
● Becoming an effective and engaged reader takes time.
Here are some things you can do to remember that YOU
are the reader.
Becoming an Effective Reader
● Effective readers think within the text.
● They pick up the basic information to understand what the text
is about. Both fiction and nonfiction reading require literal
comprehension.
● In fiction, readers need to identify the characters and follow the
story. In nonfiction, readers need to understand the topic, learn
facts related to it, and remember and know where to locate
important information.
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Becoming an Effective Reader (2)
● Effective readers think beyond the text.
● They draw on their own knowledge and experience to
make sense of what they are reading. They make
connections to their own lives.
● They imagine what the characters are feeling; they infer
what the author is implying. They make predictions and
then confirm or disprove them.
Becoming an Effective Reader (3)
● Effective readers think about the text.
● They step back from the text to notice how it is crafted, to
appreciate its language, to admire the writing, or to critique.
They notice the organization of the text and use it to find
information; they recognize underlying structures that the
writer has used to convey information, such as
compare/contrast.
● This kind of thinking not only contributes to rich understanding
but also helps readers become better writers.
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To Recap
● Effective readers think within the text.
● Comprehension
● Effective readers think beyond the text.
● Connections
● Effective readers think about the text.
● How it was crafted/written
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