{"id":4738,"date":"2024-02-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/?p=4738"},"modified":"2024-02-02T14:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T19:00:13","slug":"how-to-keep-students-engaged-while-reading-in-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/how-to-keep-students-engaged-while-reading-in-class\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading in Class"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You&rsquo;ve seen it before. You&rsquo;re reading or letting an audiobook play and instead of paying rapt attention, your students are nodding off. Or worse, they&rsquo;re pulling out their cell phones. In this post, I&rsquo;m going to share three techniques to keep students engaged while reading in class.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/how-to-keep-students-engaged-while-reading-in-class\/?tp_image_id=4743\" data-pin-id=\"How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading Pin 3\" data-pin-title=\"How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading\" data-pin-description=\"Students falling asleep while reading in class? Are their eyes skimming their phones instead of the text? Try these three techniques to keep students focused on their class reading!\" src=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/wp-content\/themes\/honey-glow\/images\/placeholder.gif\" alt='Text that reads, \"How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading,\" over an image of three teens reading a book together' class=\"wp-image-4743 lazyload\" style=\"width:300px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Students-Engaged-While-Reading-Pins-683x1024.png\" data-srcset=\"\" srcset=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technique #1 to Keep Students Engaged While Reading in Class: Reading Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alright, I know. <a href=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/are-reading-worksheets-dead\/\">Reading questions<\/a> are nothing new. But they still work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before reading for the day, give students a list of questions to answer as they read. This gives students a task to complete as they move through the text.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Even better, you can guide their focus by being deliberate in the reading questions you write.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your primary concern is ensuring your students understand the story and pay attention, give them reading questions that focus on comprehension. <em>Who did this? Why was this character scared?<\/em> Etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If, however, you want students to go deeper, write questions that focus on analysis. <em>What could this object represent? Why do you think the author chose a flashback for this scene?<\/em> Etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You could even give students reading questions to assist with social-emotional learning.<\/strong> <em>How does the reader know that the protagonist is sad? How would you feel in this situation?&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my opinion, the best set of reading questions will probably have a variety of question types.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading questions can be given as homework if students are reading independently. <strong>But if you&rsquo;re reading in class, use the reading questions to start discussions and summarize the text&rsquo;s key points.<\/strong> Since students have already thought about and answered the questions on their worksheets, they&rsquo;ll be more willing to share their thoughts with the class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading questions may not be new or trendy, but I believe that in the right circumstances, they work well. Your students can even use them as future study guides if you have a test for the text later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/how-to-keep-students-engaged-while-reading-in-class\/?tp_image_id=4741\" data-pin-id=\"How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading Pin 1\" data-pin-title=\"How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading\" data-pin-description=\"Are your students zoning out while reading in class? Are they unable to tell you what just happened in the class novel? Use these 3 strategies to help them stay engaged during reading.\" src=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/wp-content\/themes\/honey-glow\/images\/placeholder.gif\" alt='Text that reads, \"How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading,\" under an image of a happy teen writing in a book' class=\"wp-image-4741 lazyload\" style=\"width:300px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Students-Engaged-While-Reading-Pins-2-683x1024.png\" data-srcset=\"\" srcset=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technique #2 to Keep Students Engaged While Reading in Class: Visual Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&rsquo;re looking for a way to engage students while reading that&rsquo;s a little more creative than reading questions, try visual notes!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/how-to-keep-students-engaged-while-reading-in-class\/?tp_image_id=4305\" data-pin-nopin=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/wp-content\/themes\/honey-glow\/images\/placeholder.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4305 lazyload\" style=\"width:300px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide1.png\" data-srcset=\"\" srcset=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Visual-Notetaking-Students-Handout-FREEBIE-for-Sketchnotes-8988899?utm_source=itslitteaching.com&amp;utm_campaign=Keep%20Students%20Engaged%20While%20Reading\">FREE student resource<\/a> will give students plenty of ideas for using visual note-taking to showcase their thinking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Visual notes, doodle notes, and sketch notes are all the same thing. <strong>Essentially, students extrapolate the big ideas and main points from a text and represent them in symbols, graphics, and images.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe visual notes work best for videos or shorter text, but you can try them with longer texts as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/sketchnotes\/\"><strong>If you&rsquo;d like more information about using visual notes in your classroom, I have a complete blog post about them here.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Be sure to also check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teacherspayteachers.com\/Product\/Visual-Notetaking-Students-Handout-FREEBIE-for-Sketchnotes-8988899?utm_source=itslitteaching.com&amp;utm_campaign=Keep%20Students%20Engaged%20While%20Reading\">FREE student handout with tips for creating visual notes.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technique #3 to Keep Students Engaged While Reading in Class: Annotations or Quote Tracking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of my favorite techniques: annotations or quote tracking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students can annotate texts in several ways. <strong>If they have their own copies of the text, students can write or highlight right on the page. However, if they&rsquo;re using a borrowed copy of the text, they can use post-its to make temporary annotations instead.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively, you can give students a graphic organizer and let them write down important quotes as they read.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For students who are a bit behind on skills or who have never annotated a text before, giving them free rein to annotate can be daunting though.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, ask students to pay attention to a specific literary device. This works great for helping students prepare for a summative assessment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For example, if, at the end of the unit, you want students to create a character map, have them annotate or track quotes about a specific character.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want students to write a thematic analysis essay, they should annotate or track quotes significant to the text&rsquo;s main themes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When students know they are looking for something specific&ndash;and they will be assessed or need these annotations later for a major assignment&ndash;they&rsquo;ll read with more purpose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/how-to-keep-students-engaged-while-reading-in-class\/?tp_image_id=4742\" data-pin-id=\"How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading Pin 2\" data-pin-title=\"How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading\" data-pin-description=\"Are your students more focused on their phones than their class text? Are they unable to tell you what just happened in your class novel? Try these 3 techniques to keep students focused and engaged during reading.\" src=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/wp-content\/themes\/honey-glow\/images\/placeholder.gif\" alt='Text that reads, \"How to Keep Students Engaged While Reading,\" between an image of a girl reading with coffee and sitting on a bunch of books and another image of a hand completing a quiz' class=\"wp-image-4742 lazyload\" style=\"width:300px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/itslitteaching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Students-Engaged-While-Reading-Pins-1-683x1024.png\" data-srcset=\"\" srcset=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These are just a few techniques to keep students engaged while reading in class. Of course, there&rsquo;s no reason to pick just one. Try them all!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&rsquo;ve seen it before. 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