During Reading Current Connections Guide

The During-Reading learning activity is integrated into both the current connection and the learning experience assignments. It involves students in a co-reading experience where students read, highlight and comment on the same virtual text. Students are required to reply to each other’s comments as well. In this way, they are invited to discuss and/or question the significance of a reading and contribute to each other’s reading experience.

Effective During-Reading Comments –>

  • build a through line across the reading that explains what the reading is about, or develops a consistent theme
  • deeply engages with the reading,
  • stimulate discussion,
  • offer informative questions or comments, and
  • help others by addressing their questions or confusions.

Directions →

  • Log in to the reading using your JCU email through Google.
  • Highlight the part of the text you are commenting on.
  • Comments are to be about 50 words each / 250 words all together
  • *Starred comment types are required. 
  • **At least two replies are required.
  • Replies take the form of one of the other types of comments

Five Comments in All →

Condition 1

  • One nearer to the beginning (any type),
  • One towards the middle (any type), and
  • One closer to the conclusion (any type).
  • Two additional comments (any type/any place).

Condition 2 –> of the 5 comments

  • Two must be replies to other LC member’s comments (any type/any place).
  • Two must be Current Connection comments (any place). (Include reference for the current connection).

Types of Comments →

  • **Reply to someone else’s comment
  • **Current connection to recently published article (within two years). (Include reference for the current connection).
  • Interpretation of a few sentences –> This is what I think this means and this why it is important.
  • Lived Experience –> a story from your life in three parts: beginning, middle and end with a direct connection made to the reading.
  • Implications for → 1). The field of education and/or 2). My work as a teacher.
  • Question → Thoughtfully asked about something you don’t understand.