| Publication |
New York, Scholastic, 2006.
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| Description |
296pBlue spine
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| Series |
Scholastic Teaching Resources
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| Summary/Abstract |
Introduces a question-the-author approach to teaching reading comprehension, shows how to develop prompts and lead discussions, and examines twenty-five common discussion scenarios.
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| Contents |
1. Questioning the author: helping students engage deeply with text.
Texts and the way students understand them
Queries
Planning
Discussion
Implementation
2. Implementing QtA: 25 classroom cases.
Getting discussion going
Segmenting text
Responses in the right / wrong mode
Too little text covered
Follow-up queries
Student responses that contain wrong information
Ideas going astray
Focusing comments
Not getting anywhere
Unanticipated student comments
Making connections
Lengthy student responses
Collaboratively building understandings
Helping students grapple
Listening to students' responses
Making it a discussion
Keeping hold of text ideas
Keeping track of information
When discussion gets repetitive
Classroom participation
Evaluating student-initiated ideas
Constructing meaning
When it's hard to formulate a query
Building toward understanding
Assessment and QtA
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| Standard Number |
9780439817307 Pb.
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