READER’S WORKSHOP MINI-LESSONS
Workshop introduction
Rules/expectations
Book nook voices
Listening skills
Choosing book nooks and behavior
Seeking help
Book choice
Reading conferences
Keeping records
Giving book talks
Taking care of books/work
Reading with partner/groups
Discussing with partner/groups
Responding to the text
Abandoning a book
Homework
Respecting workshop and other readers
READING STRATEGIES
Looking ahead: preview, set a purpose, use BK and experiences
Fix-Up strategies:
rereading to clarify
skipping ahead
using context and syntax
identifying confusing parts/vocabulary
Connections: text to self, text to text, text to world
Questioning
Visualizing
Inferring
Summarizing/Synthesizing
Reflection
Determining Importance
Self-monitoring
Making, Evaluating, and Revising Predictions
Pause to recall details
Drawing Conclusions
Finding Evidence to Support Thinking
Thinking Aloud
READING SKILLS
Identifying the main idea
Identifying supporting detais
Retelling a story
Sequencing
Determining cause-effect relationships
Comparing and contrasting: books, authors, characters, setting, relationships, events
Recognizing and using text format and organization
Taking notes
Using pictures, diagrams, and charts
Paraphrasing information found in nonfiction material
Locating information to answer questions
Adjusting reading rate
Oral reading: fluency, expression, and intonation
Reading dialogue
Discussing with peers
Skimming and scanning a text
Writing a personal response in journal
Responding to a reading prompt
Using sticky notes to help with journal response
Decoding skills:
oLetter-sound relationships
oRelating new vocabulary to known words
oUsing meaning to understand new words
oUsing structure to understand new words
oFinding chunks in words
Finding words within words
Using a word that makes senesee
Identifying B-M-E sounds
Using base words
Using affixes
Using syllable
LITERARY ELEMENTS
Author’s choice of a book title
Characters:
oRelating the character(s) to the setting
oCharacter’s development and change over time
oDetermining the main character and secondary characters
Setting:
oTime and place
oImportance of the setting to the story
Theme of the book
Mood or tone
Passage of time in the book
Change over time:
oEffect on the setting
oEffect on the characters
Identifying story language
Story patterns:
oIdentifying the beginning, middle, and ending
oIdentifying the problem, central idea, events, and resolution
oIdentifying story shape: linear, circular
oUse of thinking maps
Recognizing the lead
Recognizing the conclusion
Parts of the book: function/terminology
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Different roles of illustrations
Narration of the story/POV-how it affects the reader
Genre—identification/characteristics
Author’s purpose
Use of dialogue: Is it realistic?
Author/Illustrator studies
LITERARY TECHNIQUES
Character description
Setting description
Using details
Use of language to generate images
Voice
Leads
Endings
Organization of work
Time transitions
oPassage of time
oAuthor’s perspective/POV
oFlashback
oForeshadowing
Rhyme, Rhythm, and Repetition
Use of dialogue
Exact nouns and verbs
Sensory Images
Figurative Language
oIdioms
oSimiles/metaphors
oPersonification
oExaggeration
Parallel story
Text format
Title
Focus
Varied sentence length
Conflict
oPeople vs. people
oPeople vs. nature
oPeople vs. themselves
Irony
Symbolism
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READER’S WORKSHOP MINI-LESSONS, Submitted by Mentor Alumni,Chris Wilson, UCLA Lab School, Winter 2009