Reading and Writing Lesson 4

Metacognitive Strategies in Reading

Pre-reading Strategies

Activities that take place BEFORE reading which provide one with valuable information about the text and prepare them for reading.

During Reading Strategies

Activities that take place DURING reading which allows one to better understand the text.

Post-reading Strategies

Activities that take place AFTER reading used to reflect on what has been read and to integrate new information with old information as well as to evaluate the new material read.

Metacognition

Thinking about thinking. Being conscious of one's own mental processes.

Metacognition

In reading, it includes: ability as a reader to plan, check, monitor, revise, and evaluate one's unfolding comprehension.

Meta

The Greek word which metacognition is derived from.

Beyond

The meaning of 'meta'

Making Connections

Seeing the relatedness of what one reads with what he/she experience, of a current text and a previous one, and of a text and a reality in the society.

Making connections by keeping a reading journal

Have a separate notebook where you can write your feelings and ideas in reaction to what was read.

Asking Questions

Creating high-level questions before, during, and after reading high level questions. It involves being skeptical about the reading material.

Monitor and Fix-up

Being conscious when one understands and when one does not understand what they are reading.

Monitor and fix-up by annotating the text

Making notes on your own copy/ highlighting important words.

Synthesizing/Summarizing and outlining the text

Locate the main ideas and supporting details.