BURKE READING INTERVIEW (Carolyn Burke, 1987)

1.When you are reading and you come to something you don't know, what do you do? Do you ever do anything else?

2. Who is a good reader?

3. What makes this person a good reader?

4. Do you think that this person ever comes to something he or she doesn't know when he or she is reading?

5. If the answer is YES: When he or she does come to something she or he doesn't know, what do you think she or he does about it?

If the answer is NO: Suppose this good reader comes to something he or she doesn't know, what do you think she or he would do?

6. If you knew that someone was having difficulty reading, -how would you help that person?

7. What would your teacher do to help that person?

8. How did you learn to read? What did someone do to help you learn?

9. What would you like to do better as -a reader?

10. Do you-think you are a good reader?