Use strategies to engage the reader and help the reader transact with text.

A sample lesson framework for the teacher might be the 6 R's:

• REFOCUS
• REVIEW
• READ
• REACT
• RESPOND
• RELATE

A sample lesson framework for the student might be B - D - A:

BEFORE Access prior knowledge Warm ups / a hook Pose a question Preview Predict Review Response Journal

DURING Read for content concepts characters Note author's craft (voice, style, font, figurative language) Read / Reread (chunk text) Visualize

AFTER Think about it Ask the text questions Discuss / Share Write about it Create / Visualize Dramatize Word Play Refer back to the text Go beyond the text

Students should respond to the reading in their own READER RESPONSE JOURNAL and on the CHARACTER CHART. Sample pages follow.