I do this lesson as a shared reading experience. I have enlarged about 10 pages from the beginning of the book. To introduce the lesson I talk about what it means to snythesize information. How we have to use all of the reading strategies in order to make meaning. I have an overhead that says, "Readers use thinking strategies" to make meaning. Each word, phrase, sentence, adds to the whole picture. Meaning becomes clear as the reader creates images, infers, decides what's important, asks questions, makes connections. We call this synthesis." Basically we go through as much of the text as we can in a class period using MOT strategies and synthesizing...I model the first few pages and then students try it themselves. It is a good piece of text to use for synthesis with middle school students. It really holds their attention.
Barb On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:58:52 -0500 Joel Hootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Love this idea, and know this book. Could you elaborate on the ways > you use the book? > On Wednesday, November 1, 2006, at 10:17 AM, underdown wrote: > >> I love the book Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson. It is a story in >> poems and >> meaning changes as the reader gets information about the main >> character's >> life. I've used it to model synthesis for 7th graders. >> >> Barb >> >> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:48:59 EST >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> Does anyone have any lesson ideas for teaching synthesizing to 5th >>> graders? >>> >>> This is the strategy I struggle with the most. Any ideas at all >>> would be >>> appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Kerry/5th >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mosaic mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >>> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>> >>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
