Postreading Activities

The postreading activities a teacher chooses for his or her students will have an impact on how students view the reading selection as well as the reading act. If students are asked to reflect on important ideas, to share reactions, to return to the book to achieve greater understanding, to make connections between what they have just learned and what they already knew, and to use what they learned in a personally meaningful way, the selection will be viewed as a meaning-based activity. If, on the other hand, students are asked only to respond to a series of low-level questions, to work quietly, to prove that they can sequence events by numbering them on a worksheet, or to complete a crossword puzzle to reinforce vocabulary, then they are likely to view the selection as simply a vehicle for skills instruction. Reading will be perceived as a skills-based activity.(Literature-Based Reading Activities, 2nd Ed., Yopp & Yopp Ch.4).

Literary Report Card
Literary report cards provide children with an entertaining vehicle for analysis of characters. -- Taken from Literature-Based Reading Activities, 2nd Ed., Yopp & Yopp

Plot Organizers
Plot Organizers provide a visual display of the events that occur in a story. They are useful for helping students summarize a plot and understand its organization, and they also can serve as a model for students' original work. -- Taken from Literature-Based Reading Activities, 2nd Ed., Yopp & Yopp