Embedded Reading

Now What?: The Middle Readings

So you’ve set everything up with the base reading and you are ready to move on….so are the students!!  You know where you want the students to be in the final version and now you need to get from here to there.  

Now what?

Let’s look at some additional goals for those readings beyond getting from point A to point Z.

• Identify the main idea or theme of the text.
• Identify the supporting details of the main idea or theme.
• Visualize the meaning of the text.
• Identify new details in the text.

• Put the details of the text into a graphic organizer.
• Illustrate or add details to a storyboard.
• Add dialogue where it doesn’t appear.

• Compare/contrast the text to a previously read text or familiar story.
• Summarize the text.

• Predict what will happen in the future.

• Identify the physical description, personality traits, strengths and weaknesses of the characters
• Predict the emotional reactions of the characters.
• Compare contrast experiences of the characters with personal stories/experiences.

• Build reading stamina (the ability to read longer and longer passages without losing focus or forgetting information).
• Recognize synonyms of familiar words.

• Create a graphic organizer for the information in the text.

• Think beyond the reading to create possible additional characters/events that could be added.
• Wonder what else might be happening in regards to the events and characters in the text.
• Ask questions about incomprehensible vocabulary or disconnected/missing information.
• Use the text to create a version that is even more detailed.

It’s completely possible to choose a wonderful activity to do with each level of the text, without having a goal.  However, it usually makes more sense to students if we can connect the chosen activity to a particular goal.

Shhhh….the truth is that COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT is always the goal of reading.  To enjoy the material, to understand the text, to see the movie in the head….and by doing that ….grow language.

But we can also choose other goals.  Ideally, every text we read would be so enthralling that teachers would never have to have other reasons…but then again…we teach in the real world…so…what goal do you have in mind??

In the next post we will look at activities that support our goals!  My guess is that you have a decent repertoire of these already!

ACTFL 2018 HELLO NEW ORLEANS!

CI Midwest October 2018

Hello CI Midwest Attendees!

What an amazing conference!  We had three wonderful hours digging into Embedded Reading. The PowerPoints we used are here (in PDF form) :

 Embedded Reading_ The Basics

Creating Embedded Readings

Here is a document that can help you with creating Embedded Readings!

Creating Embedded Readings

If you would like to see samples of readings in the language(s) you teach, use the bar on the right side to search and click.

Here you will find a document with a variety of reading activities to help you choose activities to use with each level of a reading:

Copy of Reading Activities Chart

Thanks again CI Midwest Crew!!! Hope to see you next year!

CI Mitten Mitten CI 2018

Hello and welcome!!  It was wonderful so see old friends and meet new ones here!

Here is a PDF of the PowerPoint we used.  I’ll post a more complete version as part of a webinar in the next month or so.

Embedded Reading FP_ The Basics

Many of you asked for reading activities.  Here is a chart with a number of activities on it.  You may want additional explanations, but this list is a great place to start!

Reading Activities Chart

with love,

Laurie

An Online Opportunity

Scott Benedict at Teach For June has created an amazing opportunity for educators!  Fifteen presenters, forty topics and fifty hours of valuable information…all online from March 24-April 15!  Two of those workshops are on Embedded Reading and there is much, much more.   Check out the opportunity at www.comprehensible.online !

Brisbane!!

Vermont Foreign Language Association March 16, 2017

Chào !  I want to thank all of you who attended for such a warm welcome (despite all of the snow!) and a wonderful visit.  Hope to see you again soon!   

I will continue materials over the next few days so be on the lookout!!

Here is the basic Powerpoint from our morning presentation and demo:

Click here:     VFLA

Click here to find the information about a simple Embedded Reading about Matt.

Click here to find the first post for the advanced Embedded Reading about Matt.

Click here to find the second one!

Now, for an extra treat…..I’m working on adding access to a fun activity that we did in Spanish 1 with this….I just to get some tech help first so check back!!