Language for Academic Reading Chapter 7 Jeff Zwiers

Language for Academic Reading Chapter 7, Jeff Zwiers

Have you ever had the experience of reading a page of text. You stop to turn the page, and think to yourself, “What the heck did I just read? ” We all have because reading is a complex cognitive process.

Reading is Complex. . . A quick couple of points from Zwiers. . . • After 4 th grade, texts become much denser, more complex and difficult. And most importantly, the thinking demands of these texts increase. • To understand any sentence or paragraph, a reader must know how to several things, usually at once: • The reader must align her word meanings with those of the author. • Understand abstract language and figurative language. • Condense (chunk) pieces of text; quickly process “chunks” and logic/transition cues. • Deconstruct long sentences to determine important info and subordinate information. • Connect abstract content with prior knowledge or self-generated examples. • Be able to identify the author’s purposes, structures, commitment to the text. Navigate the different sources incorporated into texts. • Be able to be a “meta-reader; ” a reader who is reading at a much deeper level than just getting information.

Teachers can and should, in all disciplines, create scaffolds to help their students learn how to be successful, academic readers. . .

Social Class and Marketing “Surviving Whole Foods”

Draw an “Anticipation Tchart” for the assigned reading • This is an anticipation chart. It asks students to think about the topic before they read, and then reflect on the topic after the reading. . . • Please draw a simple T-chart on your paper. On the left side, write the heading: “before reading. ” On the right, write the heading: “after reading. ” • In the next slide I will give you a question. You will use the T-chart to respond.

Respond to the main question above in the left column: “What are your ideas and opinions about health food and health food stores? ” After you’ve completed the reading, return to this chart and fill-out the right side.

A little background on Whole Foods market. . . • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=-wn. RDU 4 v. WF 4 • http: //www. oprah. com/oprahshow/Go-Grocery-Shopping-with-Alicia. Silverstone-Video_1 • https: //vimeo. com/32112775