30 August 2021

Plug-and-Play Reading Comprehension / Literature lesson : reading checks

Teachers have little time in class and rarely enough to cover the syllabus, prepare for external assesments, or to do the important stuff like sharing, helping others and being kind (not to mention sun safety, financial literacy and civics). Accordingly, certain things may best be assigned to time out of class, in particular lesson preparation (lucratively re-packaged as "flipped instruction"). 

For English teachers, as a general rule, class time is better spent on productive activities rather than on receptive activities. However, if reading (or listening or viewing) is to be done before class, how does the teacher check that this has in fact been done so that what has been planned can proceed? This session reviews quick-and-easy, teacher-friendly, plug-and-play "reading checks" which can be used tomorrow.

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