Teaching reading comprehension
Teaching approaches: reproducible 6.5
Name
Reciprocal reading cards
Role: Clarifier
Your role is to make sure that everyone in your group understands what the author has written.
Prompts
Something I am not sure about is …
A word I need clarifying is …
Can someone help me clarify …?
An idea I need clarifying is …
Does anyone else have something they would like to clarify?
Role: Questioner
Your role is to ask questions about what you have read.
Prompts
A question I have is … (why, who, where, when, how)
Can someone tell me why …?
My question is …
I have been wondering why …
Does anyone have a question they would like to ask?
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Role: Summariser
Your role is to generate a summary of what you have just read.
Prompts
This section has been about …
A summary of this passage is …
The main evens so far have been …
The most important point the author made was …
Does anyone else want to add to the summary?
Role: Predictor
Your role is to make a prediction about what will follow next.
Prompts
As we read the next section, I predict … because …
I predict the next section will be about … because …
I predict … will happen in the next paragraph because …
Does anyone else have another prediction?