Friday, 20 January 2017

Procedural Texts in Readers' Workshop

Students love to make, build, and design things. A study of procedural texts allows student to explore different types of procedural texts: recipes, experiments, and rules, and heighten their desire to experiment and create! 

Students examine the big ideas of procedural texts. Attend to the text elements common among procedural tasks:

  • Gather details necessary to understand the task. 
  • Analyze how the organization impacts the reader’s ability to understand and follow the text.  
  • Recognize that word choice (adverbial phrases, adjectives, and action verbs) enhances comprehension.  
  • Notice how the author conveys the common purpose among procedural texts. 
Most importantly, students will develop skills and strategies to enhance reading and comprehension. Students will explore cause-and-effect, sequence, language cues and conventions, visualization, determining importance, and synthesis. 





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