Prior+Knowledge

__Devellping and Activiting Prior Knowledge/ Pre-reading in the content area__
 * Three big ideas
 * 1) Metacognition (Defination and 7 Strategies for developing metacognitive behavior)
 * 2) Strategies: previewing (building interest, develop prior knowledge, provide a synopsis); Anticipation Guide; Speed Writing
 * 3) Strategies from the book (Author Say/ I Say; KWL Plus; Character Quotes; Connect Two)
 * List of reading assigned
 * 1) Author Say/ I Say
 * 2) KWL Plus
 * 3) Character Quotes
 * 4) Connect Two
 * Key handouts
 * 1) Order by cheque (Activity)
 * 2) Megacognitive behaviors of good and poor readers (before reading part)
 * 3) Developing metacognition/ Strategies for developing metacognitive behavior/ Article: Metacognitive and Reading to Learn
 * 4) "Meaningful content learning occurs when teachers actively engage students in the gradual construction of meaning through a series of interactions with the content in which new information is integrated with old information." (Roelher and Duffy, 1989)
 * 5) Article: The house (Activity)
 * 6) Anticipation Guide (Strategy)
 * 7) Speed Writing (Strategy)
 * Sample exam question
 * 1) What the students could be encouraged to do before reading?
 * 2) What the teachers could do to help students effective reading?
 * 3) What is the defination of Metacognition? How to develop the metacognition behavior?

Name: Dan Liu Contact information: dan_liu@my.uri.edu