I've had kind of a hard time getting into Deeper Reading, but chapter 4 was a little bit better than the others (at least to me). This book really seems to go hand in hand with my book for Content Area Literacy, so a lot of the ideas are reiterated to me through both books. This book, however, is a little more entertaining.
One idea I really liked from this chapter was the idea to turn headings/titles into questions prior to reading (pg 57). By having the students do this, they are activating their schema and also incorporating writing with their reading assignment which drastically increases their chance of comprehension. I'd like to use this and see if the students think it helps them.
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I really liked the idea of turning headings/titles into questions also. This was a great way to make each chapter more interesting to the students, I think, because they are always into media and this implements a media type setting. It offers great group collaberative discussion also.
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