Before,+During+and+After+Reading

**3.3 __Before Reading Activity - Wordle:__**

I believe Wordle is an extremely beneficial technological tool for previewing activities. By highlighting words based upon usage, students can clearly come to see a visual representation of the most important aspects of a piece of literature. This will undoubtedly aid those who are visual learners and act as a wonderful asset in the further building of vocabulary skills.



**3.4 __During Reading Activity - Annotating a Text:__**

One way that we can show our thoughts and our understanding of a text is through the process of annotation, or marking up a document. In some cases, teachers have used sticky notes as a way to annotate when students can't write directly on a text. With handouts that the students can keep, teachers often have the students write their mark ups on the handout. Mark ups generally consist of comments, questions, connections, inferences, predictions, summations of key points, etc.

**3.4 __After Reading Activity - Annotating a Text:__**  To check for and demonstrate understanding after having read a text, there are many useful vehicles. One such vehicle is a presentation tool called Slide. Slide is a tool available through wikispace widgets by clicking Edit, Widget, Slideshow, and Slide.

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