REAP

Your Name: Leslie Unger # 23

Strategy name: REAP and iREAP

Student appropriate grade levels: Middle school: sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, High school: 9, 10, 11, 12

Tags: REAP, iREAP, sixth, seventh, eighth, writing, during reading, pre-reading, technology, discussion

Content areas: Language arts, reading, science, social studies, technology, English, math

Type of Strategy: Pre-reading, during reading, after reading, writing, discussion, communication

Types of Students: General, high achievers, low achievers, LD

Strategy Description: The REAP or iREAP method is an approach to guide and enhance student's reading and writing, and thinking skills. This is a good method in that students can develop better comprehension of a particular topic by reading and discussing other students ideas and getting their point of views. The R in REAP stands for Read: This is where a student reads what is assigned to them. The E in REAP stands for Encode: While reading, the students can think in their own words what the author's perspective is. The A in REAP stands for Annotate: The students will write what their perspective of what the author's meaning is. Also, students will have other students writings to look at for guidance. The P in REAP stands for Ponder: The students will discuss with others on what they read and/or written by developing questions or making connections on what they have already read. Then the students can read other students work and respond to them. The lower case i in iREAP stands for internet connection.

Strategy implementation example: Teachers could use this in any class with students using a classroom blog to create discussion and responses with other students. Using a blog in a classroom, can promote writing skills and critical thinking skills. Teachers could use this in a science classroom with labs that are performed. The teacher could have the students perform a lab on any topic. Then the students think and write about what their analysis of what they read and performed during and after the lab. The students then can post on the internet on their class blog the importance of the lab and the meaning of the lab. Also, students can generate questions that they might have. After all the students have posted their original blog, other students can respond to a few student's blog. This example generates writing, computer and communication skills for students. Also, the students can learn from other students analysis of the lab performed. If any student did not understand a concept in the lab, the student then can read other student's blogs to answer any questions that they might of had during the lab.