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Transactional theory is simply stating that the perspective of the reader is different than what the author had intended the reader to know. There are different ways to interpret what is being read and it can be influenced through background knowledge. 

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Transactional theory is simply stating that the perspective of the reader is different than what the author had intended the reader to know. There are different ways to interpret what is being read and it can be influenced through background knowledge. 

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This picture suggests that the reader looks at the text and and instead of seeing exactly what the author wrote as it was intended, instead the reader sees the text through their own perspective "lens" depending on what "baggage" or life experiences they've had.

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The transactional theory suggests that there is a relationship between the reader and the writer of the text.  You can read a text and interpret a text completely differently than its intentions??!

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The transactional theory suggests that there is a relationship between the reader and the writer of the text.  You can read a text and interpret a text completely differently than its intentions??!

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-Bagtas

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pictures, the reader can develop many levels of understanding, based on their background knowledge

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In the first picture, transactional theory seems to be inferred as the author either being in front of or behind the reader, in terms of their ability to meet each other on level.  There seems to be a gap between sharing and comprehending.  The second picture seems to convey that the author has a sense that something is complete; however, the reader may not find the text as complete.  This leaves the reader to have an opportunity to interpret the text in their own unique way. The third pictures seems to convey that each reader comes with nuanced and specifically cultured comprehension skills, which may define the lens of the reader. This leaves the reader to be either equipped or unequipped to access the true intentionality of the author's writing.

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transactional theory method is showing a gap .

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The picture with the student looking through the lens and carrying baggage represents the weight of the difficulties they have when reading and comprehending a text.

The second picture represents a writer who has completed a written work and now he's putting it out to the readers to read and analyze for their own entertainment.

The picture of the reader on the swing represents a reader taking an idea and of the writer and expounding on it to fit them.

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The last picture is the reader using the lens to read the book due to his/her baggage (reading insufficiency) 

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The last picture is the reader using the lens to read the book due to his/her baggage (reading insufficiency) 

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The pictures are correspondences that eventually form the overall ending.

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The pictures are correspondences that eventually form the overall ending.

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The pictures are correspondences that eventually form the overall ending. Putting things in order

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Based on the images, transactional theory involves the way student process the information read.

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Perhaps, the reader is the one responsible for filling in the gaps with their own interpretation and reading in between the lines to learn the author's purpose or meaning.

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A writer's job is not finished until a reader reads it

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The reader will expand on whatever the author is writing. The reader will take the text and elaborate much more than what the text gives.

My students do expand on the text. The questions that they sometimes ask why reading are questions that I haven't thought of myself.

Students come with a lot on their minds (background knowledge and experiences) and they're trying to connect to the text. Maybe the'ye finding it difficult to connect with what they're reading.

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From these pictures, transitional theory says that even though the author writes the text, it is ultimately up to the reader to interpret the meaning. However, this meaning can be affected by the "baggage" or personal experiences that the reader may be going through which are represented by the "lens" the reader is looking through in the picture.
(Gardner)

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Transactional Theory:
The author writes the text, but the overall meaning is up to the interpretation of the reader. i.e. The reader is reading through their own perspective (lens) and life experiences (baggage) and comes up with the overall meaning of what they read (finish the job). 

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Transactional Theory:
The author writes the text, but the overall meaning is up to the interpretation of the reader. i.e. The reader is reading through their own perspective (lens) and life experiences (baggage) and comes up with the overall meaning of what they read (finish the job). 

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(Ashley Jones)

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The Transactional Theory is essentially the reader creating a meaning to their reading. In the pictures the last one is showing a lot of baggage that the reader is carrying to read the book (struggles of reading and comprehension) and looking at the book through a small lens. The lens being very small-minded and not seeing the bigger picture. In the text , it mentions it as a continuum from an efferent stance to an aesthetic stance. Reading and Writing are reciprocated and are done in my classroom using SWIRL and now the new Socratic Method. Students in the Socratic method are reading an article for the gist first. They will reread and use a highlighter for highlighting a stance to a question they are probed with.The third time they are looking for counter stances to the question given the 2nd time reading. Usually they will debate and  them be prompted to do some sort of writing following the debate. In debates they are using prior knowledge, critical thinking from what is questioned on a higher level, engaged (because what student doesn't like a good ol' debate, and have to provide thoughtful reasoning as responses.