Secondary Literacy Guide

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Assign an active reading question or task, read aloud as students follow along silently, and partner students to discuss responses.

Preview

Ask

Modeled Fluent Reading

Read

Review

Prepare Explain

Read aloud the text and omit words while students follow along silently and chime in chorally with the missing words.

Oral Cloze

Read

Monitor

Read a poem, a short text, or a chunk of a longer text out loud together with students. Students read the text three times: once silently to choose words to omit, once aloud to their partner, and once following along and chiming in with the words their partner leaves out.

Explain Practice

Choral Reading

Read

Explain Partner Direct Monitor Explain Assign Monitor Review

Partner Cloze

Students read a text silently while actively looking for information to respond to a focused question or task.

Independent Reading

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