This chapter focused on the after reading strategies to help students understand the text. It gave multiple examples of scales that could be used. I think that the likert scales would be a good thing to use because it gives you a statement and you can agree or disagree about different points in the text. It can open up a debate in the classroom and get students to start thinking outside the box and seeing other peoples points of view.
I think the activity "somebody wanted but so" is a good tool to get students to identify the different parts of a text and turn it into a fun statement. They are able to choose which somebody, what they wanted, what their conflict was, and what they did to resolve it. Students are then able to make more statements off of the first one they created.
I think that students learn better when they are given activities that spark their interest and allow them to have fun while they are still learning. I remember being in high school and just going through texts reading out loud and getting nothing from it. Then in other classes there would be a fun and exciting activity that went along with the lesson and I would actually pay attention and participate and in turn learn what was being taught.
I agree with your statement that students learn better when they are given activities that spark their interest. I think if they find it to be boring they will tune out of the lesson and learn absolutely nothing. Just reading out loud never helped me either. I was so worried about when she was going to call on me that I did not even pay attention to the text we were going over.
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