After Reading

 After reading strategies continue the work of before and during reading strategies and focus on constructing meaning from the text. As with all scaffolded reading experiences, teachers need to model for students how to use these strategies in order for students to utilize these strategies for comprehension. After reading strategies work with before and during reading strategies to enhance comprehension, as comprehension is a process, not a product. 

Using scales, like the Likert scale, helps students move beyond simply summarizing the reading. In these activities, students are encouraged to look beyond the text and connect ideas from the texts to their own lives. Having students retell the story in their own words, with proper modeling from the teacher first, can help students better understand the components of a summary or retelling of a story. Retellings also helps students improve their writing and better organize their thoughts. Text reformulation provides another way for students to revisit the events of the story while analyzing and evaluating the text as they write the story in a new form. Each of these activities works to help students grasp the deeper meanings in the texts they consume. 

Before, during, and after reading strategies all help students to build confidence in their understanding of texts when they are properly modeled and utilized in the classroom. Students who know how to process the text, actively read, and make inferences about the text show greater confidence in their participation in the ELA classroom.