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Reading Program.

Contenido
Introduction........................................................................................................... 2
Advantages........................................................................................................... 3
Challenge to overcome........................................................................................... 3
Intensive Reading................................................................................................... 4
Extensive Reading.................................................................................................. 7
Digital Reading...................................................................................................... 8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................... 10

Reading Program.

Introduction.
More you read, more you know; this is an interesting quote and the key for
every Reading Program, reading is so important because allows to reader to
explore different world without moving of its seats, the pleasure that reading gives
to peoples life is indescribable for those who love to read this feeling is mutual but
eventhough Reading is part of our life as students and as professional, a wide
amount of people prefer not to read at all, even in some educational institutions
reading is part of something, a mandatory complementary activity of any subjects,
and students and teacher get frustrated because reading becomes in something
boring and with no meaning.

Is at this point that a Reading Program has to be implement it in the

institutions, the advantages to do it will help to teachers to engage students in
learning and will help to student to develop skills, to be analytics and creative, as
more you read more you know, taking this in consideration it is necessary to create
a program that cover the students needs and to make reading fun and meaningful.
This Reading Program is createdto help students increasing their skills and to
show them a new world of possibilities.

Reading Program.
Advantages

Students engagement on reading.

Creative and analytic students
Dynamic reading classes.
Unique and extra support of the institution to the educational system.
Engagement of all people involve in the program (students, teachers,

parents, etc.)
Take advantage of digital tools for teaching.
Use of online platform for reading.
Wide range of reading material.

Challenge to overcome.
One of the most challenging things for this program is the fact to engage
student in reading; is not a surprise that student read only the necessary and the
mandatory books in school curricula and only a few enjoy reading, that is way this
will be the first challenge to affront during the execution of the program, if student
are motivated all the activities and planning will be accomplish. Another obstacle is
the appropriation of the program for the institutions, without the support of it the
aims of the program wont be well achieve, and in last place the change of library
every semester will probably be expensive for the institution but not impossible,
besides this near the area there is no any other institution with a reading program
to create a system of institution library interchange.

Intensive Reading.
The first part of the Reading Program consist on Intensive Reading, here
teachers can found different techniques that can help them to apply this program in
its classes following a Top- down and Bottom-up approach.

Reading Program.
Time

Prereading
activities

Strategy.
Preview the Text
(top down
approach)

Activate
Background
Knowledge
(top down
approach)

Predict
(top down
approach)

Description.
Mention the title to the student and
comment what they think the text is
about.
Show pictures related to the book and
image the synopsis of it.
Teacher asks to student what they know
about coffee and it cultivation.
Brain storm about what ss knows about
coffee and it production.
Ask if they now what countries produce
coffee.
Using skimming show some pictures that
are on the book, and ask what they see?
Who they see? Where, What is
happening to the characters, etc..

Label pictu
showed on

In one minu
coffee.

Write sente
complemen
according t
Answer que
end? / Wha
to the title?
Read each

Reread
(bottom up
approach.

Come back to the beginning of a sentence

or paragraph to clear the ideas that are not
understood.

Skip, Read On,

and
(bottom-up
approach

Underline all the unknown word that you

find, then re-read the sentences and find the
meaning contextualizing the words

Stop and Review

(top down
approach)

After every chapter stop the reading and

answer questions.

Think About
Explicit and Implicit
Information.
(bottom-up
approach

Infer what is the writer`s intention about the

book following the author clues.

Ask to students to highlight some concepts

that stand out in order to get a deep
interaction with the text.

List at leas
definition to
words acco
sentences

During
reading
activities
-

What is the
What is you
discussed i
- Contextual
know.
- Answer the
What is the au
(1. 2. 3, etc.)?

Distinguish between explicit and implicit

information.

What is the ma
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Where are con

by chapter)

Post
reading
activities

Use a Graphic
Organizer

Use a story map, biography wheel, Venn

diagram, or other way to show what was
included in what you read.

What can you

- Using a gra
concepts th
important o

Retell and
Summarize
(bottom-up

Paraphrase the story of the book

Discuss and
Respond
(top down
approach)
Write to Support
Understanding
(top down
approach)

Comment about the lecture in discussing, give

arguments, and respond to question from the
teacher or the students.

Write to provide evidence of the reading.

Extensive Reading.
The second part of this program is the extensive reading where student can
develop its skills on reading; this section will explain the step to follow if you want
to implement an Extensive Reading class.

Graded Readers for the Program.

Level
Level 2
Level 3
Level 6

No of Words
600
700 1200
3000

Assigned Reader
The Magic Carpet.
Whos Coming for Tea?
Rubbish Rival

Write a sum
making em
the text.
Present to
pictures to

Prepared a
and stipula
views treat
your point o
Write an es
Specified w

Reading Program.

Program execution
-

Pre
-

During
After.

The readers will be divided by

levels, the books will be
assigned for teachers
depending of students levels
with a previous Reading
Placement Test.
Prepare the classrooms with a
good reading environment
where students can feel
comfortable.
Use different techniques in order
to help students to predict what
will happen in every reading.
Create Images of characters
and mental review of what was
read
Create visual aid for reading.
Bank word for vocabulary use in
the readings.
Assign voices to characters.
Assessment of reading.
Share reactions of the reading
with classmates.
Write essays for the story.
Summarize or retell the story

Follow up activities.
-

In every class assign a period of time to dedicated for readings

At the beginning of every session teacher must do a random questions

about what students have read.

Make discussions clubs for the stories.
At the end of the week make a quiz about the readings.

Digital Reading.

Due to the growing technology advance and the creation of new teaching
techniques to engage student to learn, new approaches are been develop, that is
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way reading in the traditional way is something on the past eventhough is still use it
in institutions, visiting a public library is not that common anymore because student
have all they need on their devices, is in this new approach that Digital Reading
made its steps to be involve of student learning, here is an example of how Digital
Reading can be use in educational institutions.
1. https://elt.oup.com/student/bookwormsleveltest/st6/?
cc=global&selLanguage=en
It is known that there are 13 levels of reading divided in beginner, intermediate
and advance, these levels depend of the student accuracy, speed and reading
comprehension. Is in this way why in the Reading Program it is necessary to
include an online placement test or a place where students can easily demonstrate
its reading skills, but not only will to give the correct level but also will help them to
increase its reading skills. Is in that way that these page will give to the program
what it need to show student level and proficient on what they are reading, and
also with this page students can learn different vocabulary and to predict in order to
complete stories, is an excellent tool to measure your reading comprehension and
your ability to complete ideas with just a few clue. Eventhoug this page doesnt
have a speed meter on reading it will be helpful for the reading program.

2. http://www.starfall.com/
on this page we can find all kind of lecture and different reading activities
specially for children, this page is include in the Reading Program because is an
excellent tool for teachers and they can use it in the reading classes session, not
only for the reading material that it has but also for the amount of resource that the
page has, besides this will lead to student to learn a little bit more of any topic.
This page will work in the program because support to the teacher with a great
visual aids, in this way students will be motivated to read and to involve on the

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topics, making the process easy and fun, also teachers can assign lesson where
students can do at home, and they can review the topics discussed in classes.

3. http://www.funtimenews.com/
This last page will be in the reading program because it is necessary to add
something for younger learners with readings appropriated to its age and
grades, this page offers a wide amount of stories, articles and current news that
are interesting for readers, in this way students improve its reading skills and its
knowledge about the world, catching students attention to what is happening in
the world. It is important for the program to have updated stories helpful to
students. This page will help the program because will lead to student to
improve they reading skills, expand they vocabulary and so on.

Conclusion.

The success of the Reading Program will depend of the organization and
planning of it, it is necessary to put it in practice and add it to the institution
curriculum in order to develop it, the application of the program will allow to student
to develop its reading skills in and easy and fun way, teacher can follow this
program and its classes will turn and more dynamic and also will engage student of
any age to read more of the mandatory by the educational system. Another point
that teachers have to take in account is the fact that this program wont work by
itself, teachers, parents and students are in charge to give it live to it. We also have
to take in consideration evaluation and to update the program when it is needed,
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this will unsure the progression of the program, the creation of the program is an
excellent project because helps teacher and students to comprehend the reading
process and techniques to improve this skill, and also to continuing growing in the
great world of learning.