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An 8 page research paper that describes various reading strategies. There are various ways in which a teacher can facilitate student comprehension as they read a classic work such as Herman Melville's Moby Dick. The following lesson plans incorporate three such techniques: Note-taking; Question-Answer Relationships (QAR technique); and Reciprocal Teaching. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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incorporate three such techniques: Note-taking; Question-Answer Relationships (QAR technique); and Reciprocal Teaching. Note-taking There are numerous methods for taking notes; however, complicated systems for note-taking may be beyond the capabilities
of children still in middle school. One system that works well for middle school students is the two-column method. With this method, a line is drawn each sheet of paper,
leaving one-third of the page on the left-hand side and two-thirds on the right. Principal ideas are noted in the left-hand column and details that accompany this idea go into
the right-hand column. The best way of teaching this method is to model it. The teacher indicates on the board how to divide the page and what information will go
in each column. The teacher than asks the students to read the first page in an excerpt from Moby Dick entitled "Ahab." After allowing them a few minutes to
complete this task, the teacher can indicate that the description of Captain Ahab is significant. The teacher could say something like, "Melville offers a gripping description of this man that
makes the reader wonder about his past." In the first column on the board, the teacher then writes "Ahabs appearance." Then, moving to the second column, the teacher may say
something like "I found one of the most impressive images that Melville used was to say that Ahab looked like he had been cast in bronze. What other characteristics are
given?" Either through volunteer or by asking leading questions, the teacher is able to add that to the second column that Ahab had Ahabs face was scared by a "slender
rodlike mark, lividly whitish," that he also had lost a leg, and that he was forty before he was "branded" in this manner (Melville, 1985, p. 232). At this
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