9. Describe the types of conversations you like to have with friends after you have seen a great movie. What are the implications for reading instruction? 9. Describe the types of conversations you like to have with friends after you have read a great book. What are the implications for reading instruction? 10. Describe a book that you remember reading in elementary or middle school. Did you read this as part of class? 11. Which of the strategies described in this chapter have you used in your class? Which strategies might you like to try? 12. Something in this chapter reminded you of something else. Describe both things. 13. Identify five things that have happened to you this week. Rate each from happy to sad using a plot profile. 14. Identify five things that have happened in your life. Rate each from happy to sad using a plot profile. CHAPTER 14: COMPREHENSION OF EXPOSITORY TEXT 1. What strategy did you try from Chapter 13? Describe how it worked. Describe how you might adapt, change, or use it differently. 2. Identify a strategy you would like to try in your class during the next week. Describe your plans for implementation. 3. In terms of reading instruction, what are two ideas that are clear? What are two ideas that seem very fuzzy right now? 4. What strategies do you use to help you comprehend a textbook? What strategies did you use when reading this book? 5. Which of the strategies described in this chapter have you used in your class? Which strategies might you like to try? 6. There are seven teacher pre-reading strategies for reading a textbook or other forms of expository text. Which ones have you used effectively? Which might you like to try? 7. How does the SRE apply to reading textbooks in your class? 8. What is a study-skill strategy? Which ones do you currently teach? Which ones might you teach?
9. Describe the types of conversations you like to have with friends after you have seen a great movie. What are the implications for reading instruction? 9. Describe the types of conversations you like to have with friends after you have read a great book. What are the implications for reading instruction? 10. Describe a book that you remember reading in elementary or middle school. Did you read this as part of class? 11. Which of the strategies described in this chapter have you used in your class? Which strategies might you like to try? 12. Something in this chapter reminded you of something else. Describe both things. 13. Identify five things that have happened to you this week. Rate each from happy to sad using a plot profile. 14. Identify five things that have happened in your life. Rate each from happy to sad using a plot profile. CHAPTER 14: COMPREHENSION OF EXPOSITORY TEXT 1. What strategy did you try from Chapter 13? Describe how it worked. Describe how you might adapt, change, or use it differently. 2. Identify a strategy you would like to try in your class during the next week. Describe your plans for implementation. 3. In terms of reading instruction, what are two ideas that are clear? What are two ideas that seem very fuzzy right now? 4. What strategies do you use to help you comprehend a textbook? What strategies did you use when reading this book? 5. Which of the strategies described in this chapter have you used in your class? Which strategies might you like to try? 6. There are seven teacher pre-reading strategies for reading a textbook or other forms of expository text. Which ones have you used effectively? Which might you like to try? 7. How does the SRE apply to reading textbooks in your class? 8. What is a study-skill strategy? Which ones do you currently teach? Which ones might you teach?