by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Word Trees Word trees are a visual representation of a set of words, with a branching structure demonstrating the words’ interrelationships. Words that are more frequently or strongly associated to a given word are displayed with thicker or larger font, so that word...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Predict-O-Gram This activity, which has been adapted from Johns and Lenski’s Improving Reading: Strategies and Resources (2001), asks students to use a list of words or concepts to make a prediction about how the author may actually use them in texts. They verify or...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
SayMean Chart In this activity, adapted from Gallagher’s Deeper Reading (2004), students will create a chart that includes the literal (what does it say?) and inferential (what does it mean?) comprehension of text. The purpose of this activity is to help students...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Second Chance The Second Chance activity, inspired by Burke’s The English Teacher’s Companion (1998), asks students to imagine alternate outcomes in a text. Students explore these alternate outcomes by examining cause-and-effect relationships and then manipulating...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Semantic Mapping “Semantics” refers to the concepts or ideas conveyed by words, and semantic mapping is a process through which students visually depict the ways ideas are connected. Semantic mapping can be used for a text or a unit of study. Through semantic mapping,...
