Ellin,
We are honored.
Thank you
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellin Keene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv'"
<mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] when comprehension strategies become the reason
forreading. . .
> I have read with interest everyone's comments about strategies becoming
too
> much the focus of children's reading and want to just throw in a quick
> thought or two. I, too, am concerned with the strategies assuming too
> prominent a role in children's understanding and that is the central idea
in
> the book I just finished, To Understand, which, like the second edition of
> Mosaic, will be out in 2007. In it, I argue that the strategies are
> necessary tools to enhance children's comprehension, but that we need to
> discuss (with colleagues and children) what results when someone uses the
> strategies and understands. I pose the question - what does it really mean
> to understand and write about some "mentors" - writers and artists - I've
> studied in an effort to discover how people come to understand deeply.
>
>
>
> In To Understand, I argue that it is fruitful to have the discussions with
> children about what happens when we really know we comprehend. In it I
talk
> about what I've observed, cognitively and behaviorally, when children and
> adults are truly understanding and that we talk explicitly with kids about
> those behaviors in order to increase the likelihood that they understand
at
> deeper levels. Ultimately, I think you've all been right - the point
isn't
> the strategies, the point is what they help us understand that we may not
> have understood without them.
>
>
>
> I'm not a big fan of prompts - I think that children have much more
> authentic conversations when they are focused on the ideas in books and
when
> we have modeled what great book conversations look and sound like. I just
> try to think about what the talk is like in my own book club and to
> articulate some of those characteristics to children.
>
>
>
> I'm so fascinated that you all started posing and responding to these
> questions because I have found them important questions, too, and though
> there aren't any "right" answers, I've tried to explore the very thing
> you've been talking about in this book. I do so hope it will shed some
> additional light on your important conversations.
>
>
>
> As I write today, Denver is buried under more than 2 feet of lovely, soft
> snow and everyone is home and loving the fire, the Christmas tree and
books
> we've been hoping to read. My best to everyone for a magical holiday.
>
>
>
> ellin keene
>
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