In this chapter, Beers provides several after reading strategies. I really like the scales, especially the Likert scale because it makes students want to discuss their answers. Students learn so much just by filling out their answers and discussing them with one another.
I also really like the Somebody Wanted But So strategy because it makes summarizing very simple. SWBS works well because students can use different characters in the story to summarize, and they can also add words like "then" if they feel something else needs to be added to the summary. This will really help students with summarizing stories and talking about characters as well.
I really like the It Says- I Say strategy for inferencing. It makes inferencing very simple because of its structured format. This strategy also gives struggling readers a chance to see how inferencing works. I feel that this format will help students figure out what they want to say because they can see what the text literally says in the It Says column, which will guide their thinking for the inferencing columns.
There are several other great strategies that Beers provides in the text. As teachers, it is important for us to use strategies like these to help students comprehend what they have read. It is also important to keep in mind that we should use the strategy that will be most helpful to our students. These strategies all view comprehension as a process according to Beers, and not a product, I feel that all teachers must keep this point in mind.
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