State
standards:
Find
your
state’s
standards
and
apply
to
what
you
have
been
reading
Teacher
standards:
Create
your
own
goals.
How
will
students
benefit
from
learning
and
applying
the
KWL
theory?
Student
expectations:
Have
each
student
write
or
discuss
how
they
can
use
the
KWL
strategy
on
a
wide
variety
of
reading
materials
material.
Give
them
several
practice
sessions,
because
students
sometimes
feel
overwhelmed
if
they
are
only
given
a
strategy
one
time
and
it
doesn’t
work
for
them.
Once
it
becomes
familiar,
it
can
be
part
of
the
routine
for
the
class.
For
example,
when
reading
one
of
the
Harry
Potter
books
aloud,
a
successful
class
activity
involved
starting
the
day
reviewing,
sometimes
as
an
entire
class,
other
times
as
groups,
what
had
been
read
the
day
before.
Students
described
favorite
parts,
what
they
liked
or
disliked
about
certain
characters,
and
what
they
thought
was
going
to
happen
next.
At
the
beginning
of
each
chapter,
the
title
was
read
and
discussed
as
students
attempted
to
predict
what
was
going
to
happen
in
the
chapter.
Students
also
looked
carefully
at
the
picture
at
the
beginning
of
each
chapter
and
tried
to
figure
out
what
it
was.
Once
the
read-‐aloud
began,
students
were
looking
to
find
answers
to
their
questions
about
the
picture,
the
title,
and
what
they
thought
might
happen
next,
based
on
what
we
they
previewed.
While
reading
aloud,
students
who
had
trouble
listening
were
encouraged
to
draw
picture,
in
sequence,
of
what
they
were
hearing.
This
method
was
helpful
to
students
who
tended
to
be
easily
distracted
or
who
preferred
learning
spatially.
Many
of
the
students
purchased
the
books
and
read
ahead,
just
to
find
out
for
themselves
what
was
going
to
happen
next.
Others
bought
books
so
they
could
follow
along
while
the
teacher
was
reading.
Middle
school
students
who
were
supervised
over
a
two-‐year
period
read
the
Harry
Potter
books
8
to
10
times.
Even
though
they
knew
what
was
going
to
happen,
they
loved
to
hear
the
story
again
and
again.
The
power
of
storytelling
can
be
just
as
effective
with
middle
and
high
school
students
as
it
is
with
young
children.
Nonfiction
is
especially
conducive
to
the
KWL
theory.
For
every
article,
film,
or
trade
book
used
in
a
classroom,
the
teacher
can
do
an
oral
KWL.
When
students
read
the
chapter,
they
will
be
reading
to
learn
based
on
their
overview.
Their
expectations
about
what
they
will
learn
increase,
because
they
are
reading
for
a
purpose.
Using
Young
Adult
Literature
in
all
Content
Areas
Use
the
KWL
in
English
to
read
a
biography
of
a
person.