Mind Map - Strategies for Struggling Readers/Writers

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How to Read

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Make reading a social activity rather than solitary activity

Allow opportunities for collaborative work

Differentiate texts for various students

Teacher selects some of the readings, while also allowing for students to make own choices

Not to pass a test, but rather to gather information and apply knowledge

What to Read

Combine disciplines

Using a variety of sources

Websites

Newspaper Articles

Magazines

Textbook

Using real world samples that affect young students' daily lives

Venturing outside the textbook

How to Write

Give students samples of writing, and have them hunt for the various purposes of writing (6 branches of What to Write)

MODEL, MODEL, MODEL

Show students mentor texts from real-world situations

As a teacher, model the strategy

What to Write

Works in which students take a particular position and attempt to persuade readers to agree with their stance

Works that challenge students to analyze and interpret topics that are difficult to understand

Works in which a student "wrestles" with a question and hooks the reader with the problem and allows reader to observe

Works that force students to take a stance or "judge" something as being good or bad

Works that inform and explain in a unique way

Works that allow students to express and reflect upon their own life experiences