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Making Connections

Making Connections. Another Reading Strategy!. Passive Reading vs Active Reading. Passive Moving eyes over pages Mindlessly turning pages Getting to end of something and not knowing what you read. Active Being “in the moment” with the text. Interacting with the text.

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Making Connections

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  1. Making Connections Another Reading Strategy!

  2. Passive Reading vs Active Reading • Passive • Moving eyes over pages • Mindlessly turning pages • Getting to end of something and not knowing what you read. • Active • Being “in the moment” with the text. • Interacting with the text.

  3. What are the Types? …to other texts The Current Text You are Reading …to yourself …to the world

  4. In other words.. • Text to text. • Text to self. • Text to the world.

  5. HOW Do You Do This? • Read actively! • Promise self to ENGAGE in the text. • Adjust pace accordingly. • What relevance do you see to this text? • Annotate those connections in the margin. • Statements • Questions

  6. Writing in Margins • Annotations should be written in the margins. • NOT highlighted. • NOT simply underlined. • Something powerful about reading something, then THINKING about it just enough to decide WHAT to write in the margins. • That process is cut short when all you do is highlight or underline.

  7. Let’s Practice Middle school age. Vietnam War going on. Protesting? Other protesting – carrying signs. Students protested Iraq War. Protest = free speech? Sued – case to SC

  8. Students win case Right to protest continues in school ** Controversial decision. Many unhappy. As adults continue to fight for rights

  9. YOUR TURN!

  10. Making Connections Another Reading Strategy!

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