For most teachers, it is common to assess students' comprehension after reading a text. In this chapter, Beers emphasizes the importance of after-reading strategies. These strategies can be used to enrich students' understanding, while clarifying all misunderstandings. As a teacher this would be a good way to help students who struggle to construct meaning and make sense of what was read. The activity that most stood out to me in this chapter was the "retellings." Retellings is way to have the students actually come up with a summary of a text, but it has them organize the plot, characters, themes and details of the story. For dependent readers, this activity can be vital for their comprehension and interpretation. The activities and tools that Beers includes in the chapter are all quite interesting. They are active ways of getting students engaged in a text and it also sparks interest and conversation. These strategies are ways to steer away from traditional teaching and allow students a chance to do something different and unexpected.
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