Reorganising happens during the after reading phase. It involves reframing the recalled information in a way that is more meaningful and connected to one's life experience.
It may involve summarising a story or article or visualising the content. This process happens at a conceptual level whereby the reader integrates the new knowledge with the old knowledge. In other words the reader creates new meanings and these meanings are reorganised and restored into long-term memory.
What should you do to assist?
It may involve summarising a story or article or visualising the content. This process happens at a conceptual level whereby the reader integrates the new knowledge with the old knowledge. In other words the reader creates new meanings and these meanings are reorganised and restored into long-term memory.
What should you do to assist?
- Ask the reader to visualise the important scenes in the story.
- Ask the reader to describe the scenes and to retell the story.
- Retell the story from the main character's (or another character's) perspective.
- Have the child say what he/she would have done in the same situation.
- Have the child form an opinion about the actions of the characters.
- Ask, "What do you think is a moral for the story?"
- What are the lessions that can be learned from the story?"
- Ask, "Why do you think that ..... did.......?"
- Ask the reader to make up a question about the story.
- Ask, "Have you ever been in a similar situation?"
