ABSTRACT
HELPING STUDENTS ACQUIRE GENERAL READING AND LITERARY RESPONSE STRATEGIES In this chapter, we describe ways of helping students acquire general processes of reading and foundational literary response strategies for comprehending and beginning to literary texts. We argue that students are most likely to acquire these strategies by actively constructing meaning through the use of frontloading strategies, through informal and formal response, and writing in different forms: including responding to texts through think-alouds, engaging in drama activities, and composing their own “literary texts,” all of which involve various uses and responses to different literary techniques.
