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Activity
Sheet: Think Aloud
Explanation:
A think aloud is a stream-of-consciousness activity where readers
offer their first thoughts and impressions as they encounter
a text. Using the think aloud approach, readers verbalize their
internal thoughts as they begin to make meaning out of a text.
Process:
Start by considering the leading statements and questions below,
before you begin your own think aloud. Then, read aloud segments
or lines (if it is poetry). As you read through the text, verbalize
your thoughts. After a think aloud, discuss initial impressions
and receive feedback from the classroom community.
Leading Statements/Questions:
- The title makes me think of…and the following comes to
mind…
- Based on the title, I predict that…
- The author is familiar/unfamiliar…I expect…or don't know
what to expect…
- I have had similar/dissimilar experiences to the ones
portrayed in the text and I can relate…
- I predict…because…
- Based on the genre of the work, I predict that…
- This reminds me of…
- The shape of the text on the page represents or makes
me think of…
- Some words that stand out…because…
- When I read this passage I imagine the scene to look like…and
the characters to look like…
- I am confused by…because…
- I wonder if…
- Why…?
- I'm not sure what this word means…
- This doesn't make sense to me because…
- I think the story is about…
- What might happen next is...
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