Deeper Reading:

First Draft Reading

Presented to you by:
Brandy Clark and
Chrissy Hinkle

What is First Draft Reading?

This

is the first time

students are
experiencing the text.
This is a reading for
basic understanding.
There are four
questions you should
ask yourself as your
students begin their
first draft reading.

Q1: Have I provided my

students with a reading focus?
Something

to guide students so they dont

stumble around blindly
Activities:
Text Frames With Gaps
Turn Headings Into Questions Prior To Reading*
Twenty Questions
Focus Groups
Character Charts
Shift Charts

NOW YOU TRY IT!

Turn

Headings Into Questions

Ernest Hemmingways Hills Like White
Elephants
Construct 1-2 questions that you have just
from reading the title of the story.
These

questions may or may NOT

be answeredthats ok!

Share

with the class

Q2: Are my students willing and

able to embrace confusion?
Students

will get caught up in stories because they dont

understand.
As Gallagher says, they are experts at surrender (62).
Getting rid of the dichotomy that you either get it or you
dontsome confusion is normal and beneficial.
We can do this by showing
them our own difficulties
with readings.

Q3: Can my students monitor

their own comprehension?
Students

need to be able to find where

they began to misunderstand.
Some strategies to help them:
Scoring

Comprehension
Color Coding
Trouble Slips
Sentence Starters*

NOW YOU TRY IT!

Sentence

Starters
Please read the story

Choose 3 of the starters below to complete as you

read, or when you are done:

I noticed
I wonder
I was reminded of
I think.
I am surprised that
Id like to know
I realized
If I were
The central issue(s) is/are
If_______, then
Im not sure
Although it seems
Once consequence of __________ could be

Share with the class

Q4: Do my students know any fix-it

strategies to assist them when their
comprehension begins to falter?
Gallaghers

activities here go to a word-level

understanding.
Thinks that part of the problem that students
have is that they dont understand the
language, so they dont understand the text.
Strategies:
Search Prefixes/Suffixes/Roots for Partial
Meanings
Figure out Sound Alikes
Rereading At The Sentence Level

THUMBS UP OR DOWN
I

understand the concept of 1st draft reading.

I find some of these activities useful.
I think I will employ some of these activities in
my own classroom.
I am more inclined to make time for multiple
readings in my classroom.
I think Brandy and Chrissy did a fantastic job in
explaining Gallaghers concept of 1st draft
reading. J