Thinking Reader Example

Thinking reader example

Open Ended

Prior Knowledge and Prediction

1. What does the term 'freak' mean?

2. Where have you seen a poster like this before?

3. Why do you think the poster has no colour?

4. What do you predict will happen in this text?

Little freak

Little Freak - THE LITERACY SHED

Categorize

Options (4)

Eerie

The window was glowing like a dying flame.

The collar was a black hole.

The wind moaned.

Metalinguistics

Sort these examples into the correct categories and submit.

How would you describe the setting or character using an adjective and a simile? Write in sentences on your whiteboard.

Adjectives

Similes

Metaphors

Personification

Draw

Visualisation

Create a visualisation that shows what you think the boy is thinking as he blows our his candles.

Don't forget to annotate your drawing.

Inference
Peer Discussion

What time of day does this story take place? (literal)

What job does the boy have? Remember to justify your answer.(inferential)

Why do you think the dad didn’t listen to the boy's point of view? Can you think of a time when your views weren’t listened to? (evaluative)

Audio Response

Hot: Create a literal question about the story.

Spicy: Create an inferential question about the story.

Open Audio Recorder

Main ideas

What are the main themes of this text?

Thinking about the themes, create a new title for this poster.

Word Cloud

Create a new title for this poster.

Video Response

Summarising

In your trios, please summarise the text.

Task:

•Split the text into beginning, middle and end

•Each person in the group has 20 seconds to record their summary

•Be ready to share with another group

Open Video Recorder