Step W

Then we ask ourselves:

What are some of the questions I think I will find the answers to when I read?
or
What do I need to find out?

We write these down in the W column.

Now we are ready to begin reading.

DURING READING

Step L

As we read, we look for answers to our questions and jot them down under L What did I Learn. We may also find and record other information that we didn't have questions for but still want to remember. In the K column, we might have ideas that we are not sure about, so we need to double check those ideas when we read. We need to confirm whether the ideas in the K column are correct or not.

AFTER READING

Step L

We ask ourselves: first, whether we were correct in what we thought we knew Before reading and second, what else we learned. We record these points in the third column. Finally, we determine which questions remain unanswered and identify further questions on the topic, just as we did in applying the Self-Questioning strategy.

You can see how this technique is really a variation of Self-Questioning .

II. Guided Practice/Group Activity

The instructor:
  1. Indicates that in their small groups, participants and volunteers are to read the selection Denied the Right to Vote on page 30 of Canada Votes applying the K-W-L strategy. (This selection addresses the issue of voter discrimination as it affected Chinese, Aboriginal, Japanese, and Mennonite people in Canada's past).

  2. Distributes the K-W-L strategy chart found in Appendix E, and:

    a) guides the Before reading brainstorming, eliciting what students know about being denied the right to vote in Canada (Step K).

    b) records the group's ideas on a larger version of the strategy sheet, using the chalkboard, chart paper or an overhead projector and directs participants and volunteers to record the ideas on their individual worksheets.

    c) directs participants and volunteers to record the ideas on their individual worksheets.
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