Reading like a Reader vs. Reading like a Writer

Feeling happy, sad, confused, angry, etc., at what is happening in the text

• Reading like a reader

• Reading like a writer

Connecting what is happening in the text to what is happening in our world

• Reading like a reader

• Reading like a writer

Reading to understand characters, plot, and content.

• Reading like a reader

• Reading like a writer

Asking what, how, and why the author employed a specific strategy or technique

• Reading like a reader

• Reading like a writer

Evaluating if you agree or disagree with an element from the text

• Reading like a reader

• Reading like a writer

Predicting what will happen next

• Reading like a reader

• Reading like a writer

Questioning what they are reading

• Reading like a reader

• Reading like a writer

Looking specifically at HOW an author uses conventions, text features, and diction

• Reading like a reader

• Reading like a writer

Making inferences

• Reading like a reader

• Reading like a writer

Asking, “How can I imitate this?”

• Reading like a reader

• Reading like a writer