Narrative or informational materials are appropriate. Materials that take about 10 minutes to read work best. 1 Students read silently. When finished, they turn materials face down. 2.Teacher asks students what they remember.
Recalled information is written on the chalkboard.
Students then return to the material, looking for additions, deletions, and corrections necessary in light of the post-reading task. 4.Discussion resumes with students suggesting possible additions, deletions, or corrections and offering reasons for their choices. The group decides if and how the information on the chalkboard should be changed. 5.Pairs of students organize the information on the chalkboard and complete the post-reading task. 6.Pairs share their products with each other, again offering reasons for their choices, where appropriate.