Microprocesses

=Instructions:= Add whatever you want to Strategies, Activities, Informal Assessment and Formal Assessment. Start by clicking "edit page" and then it is like a word processor. If you want to change the wording of what has been already written, treat it like your own text and change it. That is, if you have a more explicit way of saying something, or want to add more and change the wording, just do so. We will be able to track what has been changed, so we can discuss any discrepancies (let's not worry about "hurt feelings" here--this is academic meaning negotiation, and important for critical thinking!!). When you add something, put your initials in parentheses behind it. That will help us to negotiate meaning.

Reading Strategies

 * Word recognition:
 * Use of all cueing systems;
 * Use of process of elimination/first letter;
 * Read on and return
 * Anaphoric refs (Pronouns)
 * connecting sentences
 * connecting paragraphs
 * chunking
 * selecting details
 * developing fluency
 * Slot-filling inferences

Activities
Cloze-type sentences, perhaps giving 1st letter if students are younger or challenged Adding or subtracting kernels or chunks to look at meaning - sentence expansion Switch chunks around to see if they work - sentence flexibility Write a paralell sentence (jac) (style study of author) Have students mimic sentence style in some of their own sentences parallel sentences/paragraphs/stories reader's theater repeated reading of same material choral reading reading machine to develop chunking/phrasing Setence patterns - patterns from literature as a guide Fill in missing parts of a story to write a new one - Agent=who did it?, Object=To whom or what was it done?, etc. chunking passages with students (a.p) Echo reading and assisted reading (jac) Anaphoric Cloze (jac) "Tying It Together"(jac) "Make it Shorter"(jac) Poetry Coffeehouses (JA)

Informal Assessment
Observation - note taking on participation in activities conferring with student (a.p.) shuffling chunks of sentences for students to put in correct order

Formal Assessment
fluency testing (a.p.) miscue analysis (jac) summarizing or retelling portfolio - collection of student's work to show growth and needs cloze test vocabulary test