8.++Quote+of+the+Week

//8. Quote of the Week - Pre-Reading - Initiating Reading Strategy //

· **Rationale: ** The Quote of the Week Reading Strategy is a springboard for encouragement of the students to think about the topic at hand. A teacher’s rationale for using this strategy is just that: to have students reflect in order to make predictions about what they are learning and, perhaps even more important, for students to gain an understanding of the quote and its relationship to the course learning. · **Courses in which it could be implemented: ** I use this constructing reading strategy with the struggling learners, as well as the gifted and regular Language Arts students. With the teacher’s guidance this strategy can be effective with a diverse classroom of learners. I teach 8th grade Language Arts and this strategy is useful for my students to encourage thinking, to be reflective and make predictions, and, even more importantly, to help students gain an understanding of the quotation being used and its direct relationship to the course learning. This strategy can be implemented in a variety of settings or contents. The history teacher may find quotations from figures and begin their lessons this way to bridge the gap between the figure and the historical topic being learned. · **Diverse learners: ** All learning styles benefit from this reading strategy because students can begin thinking and making predictions about what they are learning. Struggling readers need a springboard to encourage them to think about predictions and how something can spawn their thinking to the topic at hand. This strategy is helpful to get students to use their pre-existing knowledge about a subject and connect it to the topic being learned. This is especially useful for struggling learners who require as much pre-existing knowledge and connections they can get in order to fully grasp the meaning or knowlege being taught. · **Procedure: ** 1. The teacher selects a quote that is an appropriate springboard for exploration. 2. The teacher posts the quote either on the board or on a handout for the students. 3. Students write a brief response to the quote in preparation for class study and discussion. 4. In their final reflection, students describe how their understanding of the quote as well as understanding of the content has evolved. · **Potential Issues: ** With struggling learners/readers, the teacher must carefully select a quote that can be clearly identifiable and relatable to the text or learning. I love working with quotes because it helps me think critically about a topic. In turn, I think this helps students as well. Variations include: using the strategy for several weeks and then having students get the opportunity, either individually, or with learning partners, to identify a quote for the class.

Quotes are also good as writing prompts for class warm-ups. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore;">· **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">References (Bibliography Information & Cross reference the Resource Binder): ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Stephens, E. C. & Brown J. E. (2005). A handbook of content literacy strategies: 125 practical reading and writing ideas. //Strategies for initiating// (pp. 66-67). Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">