This assignment template had a lot of great ideas for the classroom and is also a good outline for a unit plan. I appreciated how thorough this template was in including pre-reading activities, reading activities, post-reading activities, and a detailed writing process. I really like how the packet encourages active reading because I believe active reading is essential to understanding and remembering key components of a text. It is important that as students annotate they highlight words they don't know, key points, and descriptive words and that in the margins they ask questions and summarize. When the student then looks at their text later, it is easier for them to discuss the text.
Another point I found valuable was to have your students play the believing game and then the doubting game during reading. In school, I was never taught to do this. I wasn't encouraged to critically read a piece of text and try to argue with the text. Usually, I just agreed with all the texts I read. I wish my teachers would have taught me sooner to play the doubting game. If students annotate as they play the believing game and the doubting game, they will be able to "explore more deeply how a text works to inform or persuade its readers."
Something I noticed about post-reading is that it's very meta-cognitive. There is a lot of summarizing, responding, and reflecting. I think it's a bad idea to have students read a text and then end the unit/lesson as soon as they are done reading the book/text. If students are given time to reflect on the text, they can consolidate what they have learned as well as notice the type of learner they are and what they struggle with.
Overall, this template had fantastic tips on reading and writing strategies that I hope to use in my classroom someday.
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