Guide for Marking a Peer's Read to Self

In class, we have reviewed how to mark a peer's read to self assignment.  Remember to check the class calendar to review your class' due date.

Keys to Success
1.  Before Reading

• asks meaningful questions
• takes advantage of all the text features
• Level 4 - questions are insightful

2.  Main Idea and Supporting Detail

• states the main ideas
• includes just the important details
• Level 2 - too much detail (retell, not a summary).
• Level 4 - synthesized

3.  Connection Question

• makes use of the information provided in the text
• makes connections (text to self, text to text and text to the world).
• offers reasonable judgement based on the text
• Level 4 - highly insightful, makes use of all text connections.

4.  Reading Strategies

• Lists appropriate reading strategies
• Describes how those reading strategies helped him/her while reading
• Level 4 - very detail, very accurate, insightful about own reading process.