Chapter 8

Chapter 8 talks about different strategies teachers can use to get students thinking about a text even after they have finished reading it. One strategy, Somebody Wanted But So, allows students to restate the main character, plot, conflict, and resolution into a concise summary. I really liked this strategy because it allows the student to trace characters throughout the text and figure out the main event. It’s a really good way for students to work on identifying plots and conflicts within a text as well. Beers also mentioned a strategy called It Says-I Say that helps students with making inferences after they read. I think it’s a great visual for students to see how inferences can be made from a text. It allows them to compare what is happening in the book to what they are thinking.