ALL ABOUT READING

What is REAP:

REAP is a strategy for helping readers read and understand a text.

 

Why use it:

As students go back to the text for each stage of REAP, they will consider the text from a different vantage. Each stage asks the students to analyze the text at a higher level to increase and deepen comprehension.

 

How does it work:

After modeling the REAP strategy for the class and providing guided practice with the strategy, have the students complete the following steps:

1. Read on your own.

2. Encode the text by putting the majority of what you read in your own words.

3. Annotate the text by writing down the main ideas (notes, significant words, quotes) and the author’s message.

4. Ponder what you read by thinking and talking with others in order to make personal connections, develop questions about the topic, and/or connect this reading to other reading you have done.