Using Reading Responses to Create a More Student-Centered Classroom

This 8-Module Course will transform your classroom!

*Handouts Included*

In this course, you will learn:

• What Reading Responses are and the philosophy behind them
• How Reading Responses can be used with ANY text (even visual ones!), and multiple texts at the same time
• How Reading Responses are already differentiated for all students (without extra work for you)
• How to use Reading Responses as springboards for whole class, small group, and online student-led discussions
• How Reading Responses help students find their voices in both discussion and writing
• How to use Reading Responses for meaningful, authentic reading conferences with your students
• How to (easily) grade Reading Responses
• How to turn Reading Responses into meaningful, clear, and well-organized longer papers
• How to help students analyze themselves as readers and writers using their Reading Responses
• How Reading Responses can improve standardized test scores
• How to create your own categories for Reading Responses based on your students’ needs and your class content
• How Reading Responses build a culture of trust and confidence
Note: The course goes through a full application of the ideas within the book Reading with Presence. The book is sold separately and is not required for completion of the course.

Benefits of Reading Responses:

✓ Constant close reading practice
✓ Writing fluency / Habitual, low-stakes writing
✓ Constant metacognitive practice
✓ Habitual quoting and citation of quotes
✓ More genuine, fruitful discussions
✓ Culture of trust / confidence / differentiation
✓ Improved standardized test scores
✓ Opportunities for self-analysis and reflection
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