The Situation You need strategies to explain metaphors and similes to your students. The Solution Language Features are widely accepted techniques or devices that audiences may expect to find in a text of a particular genre. Choices in language features and text structures together define a type of text and shape its meaning. Examples Metaphors … Continue reading Teaching…Metaphors and Similes
Day: April 16, 2020
Determining Levels of Importance in a Written Text
The Situation Your students find it difficult to know what information they should focus on in a written text. The Solution Determining Importance is the process of locating the most important information in the text. Present the following situation: You are going for a run around a lake. It will take about an hour to … Continue reading Determining Levels of Importance in a Written Text
Developing Questions For Stronger Comprehension
The Situation Your students need to start developing questions about the characters, setting, text structure etc of the narrative. The Solution Questioning - is the process of developing questions in response to the readers' understanding of the text. Encouraging students to ask questions is a great way to develop higher-order thinking. Students should develop questions … Continue reading Developing Questions For Stronger Comprehension
Making Connections Between Texts, Self and The World
The Situation You want your students to make connections between their reading and viewing to other media that have experienced. The Solution Making Connections is the process of making connections between personal contexts/experiences, similar text and worldly events and issues in society. Making connections is a type of reading strategy that students need to learn. … Continue reading Making Connections Between Texts, Self and The World
Visualising: Challenging Your Students to Visualise the Character’s Experience
The Situation You want you students your students to understand that writers are persuading their readers to think and 'see' in a particular way. The Solution Every time you read a word, your brain is interpreting the meaning and developing an understanding. Every word is part of a bigger puzzle that your brain is trying … Continue reading Visualising: Challenging Your Students to Visualise the Character’s Experience
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