Reading Around The Text: A Reading Strategy. Reading Around The Text 0 We will use this strategy to learn how to preview a text. We will activate our.

Reading Around The Text: A Reading Strategy

Reading Around The Text

0We will use this strategy to learn how to preview a text. We will activate our prior knowledge (what we know about the subject) and set a purpose for reading.

0Materials:0SCOPE Magazine, with article “Hey You! Wake Up!” on

Page 90One Reading Around The Text sheet (R.A.T.)

The Six Steps of the Reading Around The Text

Strategy1. Describe the pictures.2. Read the captions and write down what you learned3.Look at the Charts, Graphs, and Maps. Write down the big idea.4. Find the headings, subheadings, and vocabulary words. Write down the big idea.5. Read the first and last paragraphs.6. What questions do you think this article will answer?

Instructions

(Please follow the Instructions procedure while you learn what to do.)

1. Choose a partner.2. One partner is A, one partner is B. 3. Partner A asks Partner B the first question. 4. Partner B thinks about the answer, Partner A writes

down what they say. Then you switch.5. *We are going to demonstrate this.*

Instructions

When you get to question #5, Partner A reads the first paragraph, Partner B reads the second paragraph.

When you have finished, write down your answers for Question #6 on the large sheet of paper we have labeled, “Set A Purpose For Reading.”

1st PeriodSetting A Purpose for Reading01st Period Questions0What should you do to get a good night’s sleep?0How long do teenagers need to sleep?0Why are teenagers tired?0What keeps you from getting a good night’s sleep?0How can schools expect people with lots of homework

to get up early and function properly??

3rd Period – Setting a Purpose for Reading01. Why do students have to wake up so early?0Why do some people have trouble sleeping?0What injuries occur from bad sleeping habits?0Why do people not sleep?0How many brain cells will you lose without enough

sleep?0Why do people not get enough sleep?

4th PeriodSetting a Purpose for Reading0Can it fry your brain cells?0Could you die if you don’t get enough sleep?0Can a person really go 11 days without sleep?0How to avoid from staying up all night?0What’s a better idea that will help you go to sleep?

6th PeriodSetting a Purpose for Reading0Why do students have to wake up so early for school? 0How many hours was Randy Gardner awake? 0Why does school start so early?0How long can you go without sleep? 0How can this help teens manage sleep during the day? 0Why was he staying up late?

7th PeriodSetting a Purpose for Reading

Reading The Article

“Hey You! Wake Up!” on Page 10 of your SCOPE Magazine

Online Edition of "Hey You! Wake Up!"

Let’s Check Our Knowledge

0You will answer the questions on this sheet for a classwork grade.

0You are required to write three or more sentences for #9 and three or more sentences for #10. You may write on the back of the quiz or on your own paper.

Reading Around The Text Strategy: A Binder Reminder

Now, make a ‘binder reminder’ of the R.A.T. (Reading Around the Text) Strategy

Materials: Half-sheet of colored paper with 3 holes punchedMarkers, colored pencils

Yours Must Include:0You must include: 0This title: Previewing A Text Using the RAT Strategy0Each of the 6 steps of the RAT Strategy 01. Describe the pictures.02. Read the captions and write down what you learned03.Look at the Charts, Graphs, and Maps. Write down the big

idea.04. Find the headings, subheadings, and vocabulary words.

Write down the big idea.05. Read the first and last paragraphs.06. What questions do you think this article will answer?