List, Inquire, Note, and Know
(LINK - Vaughn & Estes, 1986) is a strategy that is very similar to semantic mapping. It is a brainstorming strategy that encourages students to anticipate what they will be reading in the assigned selection/text. This strategy can be used with students at all levels and with narrative and expository texts.
1. Select a key word that is critical to the comprehension of the text the students will be reading.
2. Write the key word on the board, draw a box around it, and have the students say/sign and fingerspell it.
3. Allow about three minutes for the students to List (write on paper) what they know about the word or associations they have for the key word.
4. Have each student read one idea or association they have written and record it on the board. After everyone has contributed one item, let each one add more ideas and associations which the teacher will write on the board.
(This step is a “brainstorming” step and there should be no comments or responses to the students’ contributions at this time.)
5. Encourage the students to Inquire about the items that are now on the board. They can ask for clarification, elaboration, examples, or definitions or they may challenge some of the items. These comments and questions are addressed to the students who offered the items and not to the teacher.
6. During the inquiry step, students interact to share and to extend their understandings of the key word or concept. Ground rules for this kind of discussion should be established so that students learn to be respectful of others and sensitive to their feelings.
7. When students have finished the inquiry step, cover the information on the board and have each student Note what they now Know about the key word. They may use information from their prior knowledge and from their class discussion. Students share their “notes” with other class members.
8. After students have read the text and participated in the “during reading” activities, they return to their notes and write any new information about the key concept they learned during the reading and discussion. New information can be shared with classmates.
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