TECHNIQUES

IDENTIFIES THE SEQUENCE

It consists of identifying and ordering facts or steps according to how they happened in the text. Narrative and some informative readings include information about a series of facts or steps. The student needs to identify not only the facts or steps but the order in which they happened, to understand the reading. The student can use sequences as a strategy to remember information from a text or to order it.

Context: Science Fiction "Alice in Wonderland The student must read a chapter gradually to understand the different scenarios that are presented. Then he must identify the facts ordering them mentally to start the activity. When the students finish reading, the teacher provides them with a series of sentences that are within the text. So they will have to order them according to the reading. For example:

- Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage… - In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again. - However, this bottle was nor marked ‘poison’, so Alice venture to taste it. - She was close behind it when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen.

https://www.storyberries.com/bedtime-stories-alice-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll-june-feature/ (or you can scan the QR barcode here)

READING CONTROL

The reading controls seek to evaluate the procedural and attitudinal components according to the chapter that has been sent for analysis. It serves to check the mastery in the subject, as well as the demonstration of such knowledge through a brief essay. Therefore, it is imminent that the student reads this synthesis in advance. The teacher must ask questions based on the reading, but with a subjective approach. This will help us recognize whether they read the whole text since one deduces and formulates hypotheses from some of the characters' actions.

Context: Horror "The Mask of the Red Death The student should read Edgar Allan Poe's horror story, which has an interesting theme in terms of descriptions. To do this, a copy should be given to the students in advance and then provide them with reading control with questions such as the following:

• Summarize the story's plot with four ideas. • What did the ebony clock represent in the reading? • Describe each room. • What characterized the red death? • How do you think Prince Prospero acted when death entered the party? • Recreate an alternate ending to the one Edgar

Allan Poe gave to this story.

https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death

THE BOOK CLUB

A Book Club is an activity, where a group of people who are fond of a certain genre of novel shares their experience and impressions with other fans. This can be arranged in the classroom. First, the teacher chooses the genre or the secular theme with a context related to the main topic. Second, the teacher shares the reading with them so that they can read it in class or at home. Finally, the whole classroom is placed in a semicircle, and the teacher makes the students discuss key points of the reading or experiences they had while reading. In this last point, I am referring to emotions, many times when the student reads tend to have an impression of the events, and this is the best part of the activity since here we can evaluate if the student fulfilled his reading duties.

ADDITIONAL LINKS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUEH7Tkxj2M (or you can Scan here) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10auVRva1Jk (or you can Scan here)