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Welch, Myrtle I. – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2009
This article explains a viable, researched, teaching activity that I call Treasure Hunt. Treasure Hunt is an oral participation, vocabulary lesson that facilitates the transfer of reading comprehension to silent reading. I designed and used this activity with adolescent, challenged readers. The readers had scored below the 70th percentile on a…
Descriptors: Silent Reading, Oral Communication Method, Reading Strategies, Cognitive Processes