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Lesson 26: Content Area Reading

Content area reading refers to reading texts in different academic subjects like science, history, and psychology. It requires using strategies before, during, and after reading to understand subject-specific information. Content area texts are expository and aim to inform or explain, unlike literary texts which use narratives. Readers must identify the structure of content area texts and use general reading strategies along with subject-specific knowledge to derive literal, inferential, and evaluative meaning from technical vocabulary words and concepts. The document provides examples of strategies like concept cards and semantic feature analysis to build vocabulary, as well as activities for each reading stage.

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Lesson 26: Content Area Reading

Content area reading refers to reading texts in different academic subjects like science, history, and psychology. It requires using strategies before, during, and after reading to understand subject-specific information. Content area texts are expository and aim to inform or explain, unlike literary texts which use narratives. Readers must identify the structure of content area texts and use general reading strategies along with subject-specific knowledge to derive literal, inferential, and evaluative meaning from technical vocabulary words and concepts. The document provides examples of strategies like concept cards and semantic feature analysis to build vocabulary, as well as activities for each reading stage.

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Lesson 26

CONTENT AREA READING

Readers
employ
different
reading
strategies and prior knowledge based on the
genre(type of reading) and topic of the text.
When you read in the content areas you
interact with the text before, during and
after reading. Before reading you capitalize
on your prior knowledge, set a purpose, and
anticipate questions. During reading, you
use vocabulary learning strategies to decode
unfamiliar words and context clues to figure
out the meaning of the technical terms. After
reading, you reflect, synthesize or condense
ideas across sources, and make further
interpretations.
LESSON 26: CONTENT AREA READING

WHAT CONTENT READING AREA IS


Reading in content area means reading
different text types in different disciplines
like science, math, history, arts, psychology,
tourism, medicine, and others. Simply put
content area reading is the reading that a
person needs to complete and understand in
a particular subject area.
Reasons for Teaching Content Area
Reading
Jones (2003) opines that content area
reading is taught for the following reasons:
1. We never stop learning to read
2. students dont, or cant, read their
textbooks
3. there are many problems with the
LESSON 26: CONTENT AREA READING
textbook

Content Area Text VS. Literary Text


Context Area Texts

Literary Texts

Expository (informational)
Written in a narrative
Require their readers to use
form which relies on a plot
different strategies for reading
and character dialogue to
and comprehending them
convey its message to the
than they employ when
reader.
reading literature.
Are usually expository
Example: novels that are
meaning that are written to
usually set up so that
inform, persuade, describe or
there are distinct
explain information for the
chapters, but each page
reader.
of text looks the same. It
There is no action to tell.
features sentences in
The readers needs to use
paragraphs.
strategies for harnessing and
synthesizing the information
in this type of text.
May use particular text
structures or styles of writing
(e.g. lab reports written by
LESSON 26: CONTENT AREA READING
scientist and science students

How to Understand Content Area Texts


Identify the texts structure and use
knowledge if this genre to read the text.
Use general reading strategies such as
questioning, making inferences and
connections and activating prior
knowledge and content specific strategies
including drawing on subject specific
information to make meaning of the text.
Derive meaning on three different level:
-

Literal
Inferential
Evaluation
LESSON 26: CONTENT AREA READING

Content Area Vocabulary


Each content area has its own language or
vocabulary:
General Vocabulary which consist of
words that each student knows and uses
as part of everyday activities.
Specialized Vocabulary which consist of
words that have specific meanings for
content area subjects. It is context that
dictates the meanings of such words.
Technical Vocabulary which includes
words that relate specifically to each
content area of topic.
LESSON 26: CONTENT AREA READING

Strategies for Interdisciplinary Reading


Vocabulary Building
Concept Cards. Use index cards.
Photographed Vocabulary. Choose one of
the vocabulary words and create a frozen
representation
of
the
word
which
is
photographed.
Previewing Words in Context. Infer word
meaning from the context. Identify prefixes,
root words, similar words and connect them to
the new word.
Semantic Feature Analysis. Use a grid with
the vocabulary words listed on one axis and
characteristic or major features listed on the
other.
Using the Dictionary. Learn the format of a
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dictionary entry.

Other Activities for the Reading Process

1. Before Reading
Chapter
Subtitle/Heading
Hunt.
Flow Chart.
List-Group-Label.
Previewing Text Structure.
Basic Story Frame.
Three-Minute Write.
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Other Activities for the Reading Process

2. During Reading

Double Entry Journal


Inquiry Reading
Learning Logs
LINK
Reciprocal Teaching
Say Something
Two Column Notes
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Other Activities for the Reading Process

3. After Reading
QAR
(Question-AnswerRelationships)
Question Frames
Summarizing
Synthesis Journal
Text Study
Venn Diagram
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