Question

The three takeaways from Chapter 10 are crucial in order to become focused readers and writers because as focused readers we will become conscious of our own writing skills. You can start a thread by explaining one takeaway from Chapter 10.

This is ESL English Discussion Question

Answer 1

EFFECTIVE PRACTICES IN READING AND WRITING

Reading and writing may seem really mysterious. It happens internally, so it seems difficult to demonstrate, but there are many approaches to reading and writing that work well and can be easily learned by classroom teachers and taught to students in both the reading classroom and in the content classroom. Any teacher can take these strategies and employ them in their classroom to help their students better read their textbooks, lab manuals, journal articles, literature and essays such as follow

Our Reading Toolbox

  The approach provides eleven specific tools for reading comprehension that teachers can employ to help students better understand their reading and facilitate deeper interaction with the text. Notice that corresponding with each of the tools are the “elements of thinking” that each tool is designed to achieve. These thinking levels correspond to comprehension levels ranging from literal, to interpretive to critical thinking