Tutoring Reading
Week 4
Assignment due Tuesday, September 29 by 4 p.m.
Learning Activity 1
Reading = fun or Reading = difficulty
1. Choose four words that describe YOUR FEELINGS about READING.
2. Do these four words change when describing assigned readings for college classes instead of self-chosen readings for fun or information?
If your feelings change, what are the new words describing those changed feelings?
3. What kinds of reading and genres do you enjoy?
Novels, maps, graphs, emojis, clocks, picture directions, comics, sheet music, TikTok videos, newspapers, memes, Instagram, poetry, YouTube, rebus puzzles, others?
4. List 6 things you READ DAILY that have NO words.
5. Do you LISTEN to podcasts of stories or news or information instead of reading these? What do you listen to? Why do you LISTEN instead of READ?
Learning Activity 2
Reading Comprehension
VIEW 23:10 - 25:33 Reading Comprehension from F.A.T. City Workshop video (F.A.T. MEANS Frustration, Anxiety, Tension)
Knowing meanings of EACH WORD in a sentence or a paragraph does NOT guarantee readers will comprehend the meaning of the words combined together in a sentence or paragraph.
6. What does the video explain is needed for readers to understand what they read?
Learning Activity 3
CHOICE invites reading!
Photo credit: Tulane University Public Relations
VIEW Why adolescents don't do assigned reading
7a. In high school, did you complete all assigned readings? Why or why not?
7b. Did you use strategies similar to students in the video to disguise not doing the reading? Explain techniques you used and why you used these.
Learning Activity 4
Radio Reading is all in the EARS
Radio Broadcaster in Sudan (2010)/President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933)
Radio Reading -- like hearing books on tape or online --enters ears to reach imaginations!
Choose ONE to hear how actors perform radio reading.
8. Write the title of the story you heard and identify the radio reading techniques the actor used to make the story interesting to hear.
9. YOU RADIO READ!
Record in audio or video yourself RADIO READING ALOUD 4 -5 PAGES from a picture book in the assignment choices.
Submit your audio recording or video as a media file in Canvas.
Amazon offers free pages of picture books. Choose from titles you find in these categories:
NOT FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
CDB! Picture Book Link
Reading Statistics: https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/53804-most-americans-didnt-read-many-books-in-2025
"Every year, on World Read Aloud Day, people all around the globe read aloud together and
share stories to advocate for literacy as a human right that belongs to all people."
https://www.positive.news/society/the-mobile-library-bringing-books-to-rural-syria/?ck_subscriber_id=3626372406&utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Start%20packing%20to%20avoid%20this%20common%20regret%20-%2023021000
READING WEEK LINKS FOR CLASS
Sardi's
https://www.shauntan.net/arrival-book
Meet the Coaches that Support Reading
Estella Explainer -
https://chatgpt.com/g/g-zA144CUNe-estella-explainer-math-bot-2
Rewordify -
https://rewordify.com/index.php
Text Compactor -
https://www.textcompactor.com/
Words in Wheels-
https://visuwords.com/
https://www.visualthesaurus.com/
Google Dictionary -
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/google-dictionary-by-goog/mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja?hl=en
Wikipedia Simple English -
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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