Text CodingResearch: Text coding can be used to mark up the text. This encourages students to show evidence of
their thinking on their papers. The
reason text coding works is because it can demonstrate multiple
strategies. It reinforces the importance
of underlining and annotating the text. Students
put their comprehension strategies to work: they can connect, visualize,
comment, ask questions, predict, and summarize right on the text. This strategy is effective because students
are able to reflect how these marks aid in their comprehension. It focuses
their attention on understanding what they have read. They have to code, scan, underline, and use
many strategies that are invaluable for life (Boke & Hewitt, 2004).
Student Benefits: Student benefit from this strategy because they are constantly engaged in the text. It makes them slow down and track their thinking. It will also be easier to find answers and understand what they have read when they track their inner voice. Procedures: (Goudvis & Harvey, 2014) 1.) Engage students in the text you will be reading aloud, building background knowledge (give them a copy of the story to annotate on as well). 2.) Have another conversation with students about metacognition or inner voice and how it functions in our comprehension. 3.) Explain how and why readers leave tracks of their thinking. 4.) Model your inner voice to students as you read, tracking your thinking with post-its. 5.) Give student a chance to practice on their papers. |
Writing Ideas: Students will be engaged in writing when they use their inner voice to record comments. You could extend the writing piece by having them do a full summary of the text, otherwise they could write about one "text track" more in detail. A double journal works for this strategy as well (logging what you read, and what your text track is).
Web Sources: http://www.rtsd.org/cms/lib/PA01000218/Centricity/Domain/377/Text_Coding.pdf (text coding symbols you may want to use in your classroom) http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1132/AnnotationGuide.pdf (suggestions for how to make annotations) http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1132/EJ0964Have.pdf (how to engage students in annotating text) |
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