THE CRITICAL READING PROCESS

Plan For Reading

Teacher Planning and Prompt Creation

Students Deconstruct Reading Prompt or Task

Students Develop a Plan for Reading the Text

Build Vocabulary

Build Background Knowledge About Important Words Encountered in the Text

Learn New Words in Context Within the Reading

Identify Words/Phrases That Require Repeated Practice and Study

Pre-Read

Ask Questions or Make Predictions

Identify the Structure of the Text and Determine Strategies

Make Connections to Prior Knowledge or Build Background Knowledge

Interact With the Text

Extend Beyond the Text

Examine the Meaning of Text and Evaluate it's Significance

Synthesize Multiple Interpretations or Multiple Textx

Figure Out How This Text Resonates With Other Texts, History, Current Experiences, and Events in the World

AVID

Students Should Be Asked to Reflect in Writing How Any Strategy Used Improved Their Comprehnsion

Pausing To Connect

Visually connect Ideas with Arrows, Lines, or symbols

Model Identifying Connections Within the Text

Should Be Done Collaboratively

Marking the Text

Number the Paragraphs for Reference

Circle Key Terms, Names of People and Places or Dates

Underline Author's Claims or Relevant Informtion

Writing and Drawing in the Margins

Visualize

 How can I draw this concept/idea?
 What visual and/or symbol best
represents this idea?

Clarify

 Define key terms.
 Reread sections of the text.
 Analyze or connect ideas in the text.
 Paraphrase or summarize ideas.

Respond (with or to)

 Interesting ideas
 Emotional arguments
 Provocative statements
 Author’s claims 
    facts, data, and other support

Summarize

 State what the paragraph is about.
 Describe what the author is doing.
 Account for key terms and/orideas.

Connect

 How does this relate to me?
 How does this idea relate to other ideas inthe text?
 How does this relate to the world?

Question

 What is the author saying here?
 What is the author doing?
 What do I understand so far?
 What is the purpose of this section?
 What do I agree/disagree with?