SESSION 19 (2 days) SQ3R and THIEVES Non-Fiction Reading Strategies What Do I Wish to Accomplish in this Session? Help students to understand how active reading can help with comprehension of non-fiction material by introducing the SQ3R and THIEVES reading strategies Explain how both these reading strategies are effective when reading core class study material like textbooks, articles, and informational hand-outs Show students how the SQ3R strategy applies to school material by working with an article Have students share the material with one another to show their understanding Introduce the reading strategy called THIEVES Show students how the THIEVES strategy applies to school material by working with an article Continue Vocabulary Development What Materials Are Needed? Copies of SQ3R chart (INSERT 19-A) and Applying SQ3R (INSERT 19-B), copied front & back, for students’ use and for their Forever Files YouTube Video on SQ3r http://youtu.be/0dhcSP_Myjg Show on board Hysteria over Pfiesteria article (INSERT 19-C, 2 pages) OR use this link and select the article: http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/kids/middleschool/index.cfm Copies of THIEVES explanation (INSERT 19-D, 2 pages) copied front & back, for students’ Forever File Copies of Two Column Notes (INSERT 19-E) and Trouble over Taxes article (INSERT 19-F), copied front & back Vocabulary List
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SESSION 19 (2 days)
SQ3R and THIEVES Non-Fiction Reading Strategies
What Do I Wish to Accomplish in this Session?
Help students to understand how active reading can help with comprehension of non-fiction
material by introducing the SQ3R and THIEVES reading strategies
Explain how both these reading strategies are effective when reading core class study material like
textbooks, articles, and informational hand-outs
Show students how the SQ3R strategy applies to school material by working with an article
Have students share the material with one another to show their understanding
Introduce the reading strategy called THIEVES
Show students how the THIEVES strategy applies to school material by working with an article
Continue Vocabulary Development
What Materials Are Needed?
Copies of SQ3R chart (INSERT 19-A) and Applying SQ3R (INSERT 19-B), copied front & back,
for students’ use and for their Forever Files
YouTube Video on SQ3r
http://youtu.be/0dhcSP_Myjg
Show on board Hysteria over Pfiesteria article (INSERT 19-C, 2 pages) OR use this link and select the
Discuss the Attention Grabbing Cartoons: Cartoon #1, Day Two – This cartoon is just a funny way to continue discussions about acronyms – THIEVES today! Cartoon #2, Day Two – A funny take on the definition for “Non-Fiction” – we are studying that today using the THIEVES strategy.
Review the SQ3R acronym and have the class say what it means.
Share the next reading acronym THIEVES – discuss what they think it may stand for.
Pass out THIEVES explanation (INSERT 19-D, 2 pages).
Discuss each section thoroughly. Have the students choral read the questions within each section. Talk
freely about if they have ever used this strategy and when they think it would be most helpful to use.
Pass out the Two Column Notes page (INSERT 19-E) and Trouble over Taxes article (INSERT 19-F), which
was copied front and back.
Put the Trouble over Taxes article on board and thoroughly go through it as a group using every aspect of
THIEVES. Stress the importance of titles offering clues that may also be asked in tests. Select particular
students to read the first sentence of each paragraph – have them read with inflection. Discuss the
pictures and their captions – explaining the difference between a “heading” and a “caption.” Look at
vocabulary words like havoc, cyst, lesion. Read the questions at the end of the article.
• Break into partners and have them fill out their Two Column Notes page (INSERT 19-E) together.
• This is a great sheet to use as a ticket out of the classroom and can be used for a grade!
• Continue with Vocabulary Development: ACRONYM, STRUCTURE
(INSERT 19-A)
SQ3R
A Reading Comprehension Strategy
First/Last Name _________________________________ (INSERT 19-B)
APPLYING SQ3R
Magazine or Book ___________________________________________________
Article or Title ______________________________________________________
Topic (one or two words) _____________________________________________
SURVEY
Before Reading – List three general things you can tell you are going to learn and/or
REVIEW - Look back over what you learned and share it with someone!
(INSERT 19-C, 2 pages)
(INSERT 19-D, 2 pages)
THIEVES: A Strategy for Previewing Non-Fiction Text
This activity will help students with comprehension by allowing them to preview the text structure in an organized manner. This pre-reading strategy will allow students to “steal” information before they actually begin reading the chapter. Students will survey the text in the following manner:
Title – The title provides valuable information by establishing the topic and the context of
the chapter. If the text is written in chronological order, the title may indicate where the chapter would fit on a timeline. Some questions that can be asked while looking at the title include:
What do I already know about this topic? How does it connect to the previous chapter? How can I turn this title into a question to focus my reading?
Headings – Headings indicate the important sections of the chapter. They help identify the
specific topics covered. Headings can be turned into questions to create a more focused look at information covered in the chapter. Some questions that can be asked while looking at the headings include:
How does this heading let me know what I will be reading about?
What topic will be discussed in the paragraphs below this heading?
How can I turn this heading into a question that can be answered
when I read this section?
Introduction – The introduction provides an overview of the chapter. It may come after the
title and before the first heading. Sometimes the goals and objectives of the chapter are stated in the introduction. Some questions that can be asked when previewing the introduction include:
Is there an introduction or does the first paragraph introduce the chapter?
What important information will I find in the introduction?
Do I know anything about this already?
Every first sentence in a paragraph – First sentences are often the topic sentences of the
paragraph. Reading these can give the reader information that will be contained in the chapter.
Visuals and Vocabulary
Visuals - Look at all pictures, charts, tables, maps and graphs contained in the chapter.
Reading the captions and labels on each can help to learn a little about the topic before beginning to read. Some questions that can be asked about the visuals include:
How do these visuals relate to the content of this chapter?
What can I learn from them?
How do the captions help me understand the visual?
Vocabulary unlocks the meaning of the content. Understanding the vocabulary helps to
comprehend the text. Vocabulary may or may not be identified as key words - it might be highlighted or italicized in the text. Some questions that can be asked about the vocabulary include:
Is there a list of key words and are they defined in the glossary?
Are there important words in boldface or italics?
Do I know the important words?
Are there other words I don’t know?
End-of-Chapter Questions – These questions indicate important points and concepts from
the chapter. Just reading these questions can help target information that is important in the text and establish a purpose for reading. Some questions that can be asked about the end-of-chapter questions include:
What do these questions ask?
What information will be important in this chapter?
How do I locate this information in the text?
Summary – Many texts contain a summary at the end of the chapter. Reading the
summary can activate prior knowledge and give readers an idea of the important concepts contained in the chapter.
THIEVES was created by Suzanne Liff Manz, an educational therapist and instructor at Nassau Community College in Garden City, NY. It was published in The Reading Teacher Volume 55 Number 5 in February, 2002.
Title What do I Already Know?
(INSERT 19-E)
Two Column Notes Using the THIEVES Strategy
Can I turn this title into a question?
Headings How does this heading let me know what I will be reading about?
Introduction Does the first paragraph introduce the chapter?
Read Every First Sentence in every paragraph
What are some of the topics that will be
discussed?
Visuals and Vocabulary Do pictures, captions help? How do key terms help?
End of Chapter Questions? What information will be important? How do I locate these answers in the text?
Summarize Does the chapter have a summary? If not, write a short summary of your own
(INSERT 19-F)
Article provided by www.GoSocialStudiesGo.com
Questions:
What error did Lord North make when he created the Tea Act to help out the failing
East India Company?
What boycott resulted?
Who snuck onto cargo ships on the night of December 16, 1773 and what did they do?
What set of laws were passed in April of 1774 aimed at punishing Boston? What
resulted?
What Acts united the 13 colonies against British authority?
VOCABULARY WORDS – SESSION 19
acronym – a word or abbreviation formed from the initial letters in a phrase or word.
Sentence: To help the students remember the names of the 5 Great Lakes, they formed the acronym
HOMES.
structure – how the information within a written text is organized
Sentence: The structure of the text will help you to know what will come next.