Self-Monitoring Through Imaging and Interacting

Step by Step:

1. Review the Imaging and Interaction Process

2. Discussing Imaging as a Self Monitoring Strategy

v Give examples of inaccuracies that might result from misinterpretation of the text.

v Here is an example: “Historians say the American Revolution had three firebrands: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Paine.”

3. Identifying Logical Checkpoints

v The students need to understand that the need to stop and create images may occur after a single word, a sentence, a paragraph or even a whole page.

v There is no set formula for determining these imaging points. This is decided by the reader for their own need for clarification and comprehension.

4. Practicing and Discussing the Strategy

v The teacher needs to direct the student to read text silently and mark their individual imaging points in the text.

v Encourage the students to share their selection of imaging points and to discuss the reasons they marked those particular points.