- What strategies did you use to understand the three paragraphs with unorthodox orthography? Would such and activity be helpful in explaining to teachers how difficult making meaning can be for ELs? (p. 136)
- Describe the three kinds of knowledge on which readers draw to gain meaning from text. (p. 137) Goodman (1967)
3. Please define SCHEMA Theory as it applies to reading. (p.139)
4. Why is what a teacher does before a book is read extremely important scaffolding for reading and comprehension? (p. 144)
5. How does the author define the difference between skimming and scanning the text? How does
making predictions about the text encourage students to read the text more interactively? (p. 154)
6. What did you think about the suggested strategies students can use to work out meaning of
unknown words? How can we support teachers in reminding students of these strategies during
reading? (p.155)
