Read Beyond the Lines: Tips to Foster Independent & Active Readers

You are the only expert to your students!

Dream Big! Independent and Motivated Learners

But How?

How much we teach = How much they learn?

What is your philosophy? 習 學而時 習 之 不亦悅乎 ? It Is a Pleasure to __________ Frequently While Learning.

Thinking Time! Learning a Foreign Language is like … Knowledge or Skills?

Learning a language is like…

Learning English in an EFL Environment (e.g.Taiwan) is like…

To create a pool in my class…

What matters most in my class … Motivation Involvement Independence

What do we mean by “learning”?

I talk. They Sleep!

Can’t we try something different?

From Learners to Users Use it to Keep it!

Keep Them Busy Right from the Start Start the class like a fire!

Warm-Up: A Proverb A Day A Riddle A Day A Tongue Twister A day A Quote a Day A Joke A Day A Mini-Speech A Day A News Headline A Day Song A Week…

A Riddle a Day Gloves What have four fingers and a thumb, but no flesh, bones, or blood?

A Proverb A Day Turn Proverbs into Plays

~A Proverb A Day~ On a regular basis? Why not stop and smell the roses?

1. Haste makes Waste. 2. Everyman has his price. 3. Don’t put all the eggs in one basket. 4. Laughter is the best medicine. 5. Handsome is that handsome does.

A Joke A Day A birthday present that goes from 0 to 200 in 5 seconds A Scale 1 pound = 0.45 Kg

A Joke A Day A Scale 1 pound = 0.45 Kg

Clean clams crammed in clean cans. A Tongue Twister A Day

She sells sea shells on the sea shore, but the sea shells she sells are not the real sea shells. A Tongue Twister A Day

A Quote a Day Students take turns sharing a quote every day! Procedures: Review the last three quotes! Introduce the new one! Tell us why this one! Examples

How to Find a Quote 1. Google: QuoteGoogle 2. By Topics: Learning, Friendship, Success, Life, Knowledge, failure, family, love, humor, money, witty or biting quotes… 3. By Author: Mark Twain, Einstein, Churchill, Oscar Wilde, Benjamin Franklin….

Today’s Quote Winners never quit; quitters never win. ~ Vince Lombardi (Famous American Football Coach )

Do is the first part of Done.

Whenever you fall, pick something up. ~ Oswald Avery. (1877 –1955) American Physician and medical researcher

Be the change you want to see in the world. ~ Gandhi We can do no great things, only small things with great love. ~ Mother Teresa Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ~ Helen Keller Great Wisdom in Simple Words

The proud man counts newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings. ~ Fulton J. Sheen Bishop Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. ~ William Penn "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." -Walter Winchell Language Art: Parallelism

Great Wisdom in Simple Words You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. ~ Golda Meir People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. - Joseph Fort Newton The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open. ~Frank Zappa

Pun: Double Meaning “Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted. ~Albert Einstein

Witty and Biting Quotes Borrow money from pessimists; they don't expect it back. War does not determine who is right – Only who is left. ~ Bertrand Russell. Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly and for the same reason." - Ronald Reagan.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. ~David H. Comins

Quotes by Variation By Author Week for Mark Twain Week for Winston Churchill Week for Abraham Lincoln…. By Subject A Month for Witty Quotes A Week for Quotes on failure/ $ / Learning / Friendship….

Level-Up Challenges A Mini-Speech A Day Source of Inspiration: Rule of Thumb: Short and Sweet Show and Tell

Variations of Passion Talk: Talent Talk Dream Talk Idol Talk My Favorite … Talk A Token of Memory Talk Lie-to-Me Talk …

A Headline A Day Did Canadian comedian Tom Green invent planking in the early 90s?

When it comes to reading…

Why Read beyond the Lines? It all began with Nightmares like these….

Question: Is Reading for them the best way to teach reading? Inspiration from… Looking for inspirations!

Goals of Reading Training How to Help Your Students Become Active Readers Read on Their Own

Tips on Reading Training Select a Suitable Text to Start the training! Make Reading a Guessing/Hunting Game! Give them a purpose to read! A Task to Achieve! Give them Questions! Don’t feed them Answers.

The best thing for reading training Never stop asking questions! Make Reading a Guessing Game! Extra Credits!

First, Read for Gist! “Do you know what you are reading?” A Birdeye View/A Whole Picture! Best Help: Graphic Organizers!

Mind Map/Graphic Organizers Visualize the Ideas!

Timeline: Time Sequence

Reading Samples: 1. Steven Spielberg 2. Maple Syrup 3. Story

Visualize the Structure of Expository Writing Claim, and Support Claim: Topic Sentence Support: Supporting Sentences

Claim and Support Basic Structure of Expository Writing Claim: Topic Sentence (main idea) Support Facts / Reasons / Explanations (supporting details)

Intro: Main idea Paragraph 1: Topic Sentence: Supporting details Paragraph 2: Topic Sentence: Supporting details Paragraph 3: Topic Sentence: Supporting details

Examples: 1.Can Animals Think? 2.Is Your Diet Saving the Earth?

Book 2 Unit 3 Is Your Diet Saving the Earth? Introduction: Is your diet saving the Earth? Paragraph 2: We can choose eat more vegetables and less meat. Explanations: Production of Meat Facts, Charts, Figures Paragraph 3: Eating Local Foods rather than Imported ones Examples: California Grapes, Chili Fuji Apples Paragraph 4: Eating seasonal foods Explanation: It takes more to grow and store foods that are out of season.

Flow Chart

Persuasion Tree

Goal-Reason Web

Benefits of Reading Training With MM They got to read on their own! Higher Order Thinking Training: Organization/Structure

Benefits of Reading Training With MM Increased Learning Autonomy & Reading Independence More Time for Extra/Extension activities Pinpoint only the selected patterns/usage.

I touch the future. I teach. by Christa McAuliffe

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