Post+Reading

=After- Activities=


 * **WebQuest**
 * **Question Stems**
 * **QAR:**
 * **Quick Write -** ask students to respond to the reading. "What did you like about a certain statement? What did this text remind you of? What reactions do you have to the text? What confuses you in the text? How does this text compare to others you have read?"
 * **Anticipation Guide -** return to the anticipation guide and ask students how their opinions have changed. OR use the statements/question on the anticipation guide in an essay test. OR ask students to respond to the statements/questions as if they were the author of the text.
 * **Gallery Walk -** after students read a text, ask them to respond in writing. Then post their responses on the walls and ask students to walk around the room reading responses. You may choose to ask students to respond to the responses by writing comments in the margins.
 * **Quotes to Affirm/Quotes to Contest**
 * **Exit Cards/Slips**
 * **RAFTS -** Role/Audience/Format/Topic/Strong Verbs

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=RAFTS=

Prompts to use for each of the components*

 * ROLE**: What do I know about this role? What special language might a person in this role use?


 * AUDIENCE**: What do I know about this audience? What information does this audience need to know? What voice would be most appropriate for this audience?


 * FORMAT**: What do I know about this format? How are ideas typically organized for this format (compare/contrast, chronological order, cause and effect, deductive logic, point-by-point analysis)? Click here for examples of formats.


 * TOPIC**: What do I know about this topic? What details should I provide for my audience? What questions should I answer for my audience? Where can I go to find more information if I need it (encyclopedias, periodicals, newspapers, Internet, an expert in the field, library,reference manuals)?


 * STRONG VERB**: What purpose for my writing does this verb suggest? To inform or explain? To persuade? To describe? To tell a story? To create a new way of seeing things? What key words will make my purpose clear? Click here for examples of strong verbs.


 * All materials were taken directly from //Writing to Prompts in the Trait-Based Classroom: Content Areas//. Scholastic Teaching Resources. Pages 6-8, 15-16.