After-Reading+Strategies


 * After-Reading Strategies**

__Save the Last Word for Me__ (on a notecard) - Read and search for statements - Write statements on notecards - Write reactions to statements - Meet to discuss statements

Example: Students are learning about evolution, so they read a play about the Scopes trial, and pull out lines that made them wonder, question, or struck them as surprising for this process.

__R.A.F.T.__ Role- of the writer; who they are/you are as a person Audience- for who Format- what way is writing to be presented Topic- what’s the subject

Example: An IB class on World History has just read text about African colonialism. There are many players, and the stories are complex, so in order to make sense of the reading, students write a RAFT piece. They choose players, whether it is a native tribesmen or an Englishmen in the colonial service, then write something with a specific purpose, like a letter, a journal entry, or an obituary. (It is helpful if students are provided with a list of different types of writing.) After about 10 minutes or so, students share their pieces.

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http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/raft/

http://www.learningthroughlistening.org/Classroom-Teaching-Tools/Strategies-and-Activities/Strategies/R-A-F-T-Strategy/349/

http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/RAFT.html