Before: What does the student do before viewing?

• Thinks about why he/she is viewing
• Thinks about what he/she already knows and needs to know about the topic
• Considers additional background knowledge
• Asks questions
• Anticipates message
• Sets purposes
• Considers a viewing strategy

Other:

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During: What does the student do during viewing to construct meaning?

• Focuses
• Makes connections to presentation, experiences, and other texts
• Makes and confirms predictions
• Makes and confirms inferences
• Makes and confirms interpretations
• Notes key ideas (main messages/themes) and what supports them
• Determines purposes of visuals
• Identifies underlying messages or assumptions
• Draws conclusions and makes judgements
• Makes notes
• Detects stereotypes and biases
• Identifies unfamiliar images used

Other:

After: What does the student do after viewing?

• Responds in a variety of ways
• Considers preferred response from intended audience (e.g., buy, laugh, reflect)
• Discusses ideas generated by visual texts with others
• Recalls, retells, and reviews
• Summarizes and paraphrases
• Evaluates
• Asks questions
• Considers elements, techniques, and overall effect
• Views again (if possible) to deepen understanding or pleasure
• Builds on and extends what was seen
  (e.g., posing new questions, writing, drawing, dramatizing, researching)

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