introduction

Emphasis was placed on the importance of reading in English learning, and the popularization of whole book reading in primary and secondary schools was pointed out. Teachers face challenges in designing post reading activities for the entire book, and need to deepen and consolidate the reading content through post reading activities to enhance students' comprehensive language proficiency. Visual thinking tools play an important role in promoting students' thinking development. They can help students clearly demonstrate their thinking process, activate reading background knowledge, promote deep dialogue, highlight students' subjectivity, and provide immediate feedback to teachers. The article will explore the application strategies of visual thinking tools in post reading activities throughout the book, including embodied, visual, and verbal aspects. The aim is to design multiple post reading tasks, analyze the tool's applicable scenarios and student assignments, summarize the tool's impact on students' thinking development, and extract practical strategies.

Practical strategies of using visual thinking tools in post reading teaching of the entire book

Taking "Wonder Boy" as an example, this paper explores the application of visual thinking tools in the design of post reading activities for middle school English books. The article points out that post reading activities should be carried out on the basis of students' understanding of the text. Based on Bloom's cognitive process dimension goal classification system and the application strategy of thinking visualization tools, three levels of post reading activities have been designed: gradient embodied tools, visualization tools, and language level visualization tools. Through these activities, students can gradually deepen their understanding of the reading content and cultivate their thinking abilities.

conclusion

This paper explores the application of visual thinking tools in the design of post reading activities for middle school English books, aiming to provide teaching design ideas to enhance students' reading comprehension, improve reading efficiency, and promote the development of independent reading and thinking abilities. The article emphasizes that teachers need to further explore how to use these tools more effectively and provide differentiated guidance based on individual differences among students.