I was lucky enough to see Karen Ernst at a workshop at Dowling College this summer. My thoughts about drawing, sketching and other art work was more along the line of revision. The students would visualize, write, then draw, sketch, paint, etc. Then they'd begin revising, looking at the art work. I think the details most children add to their drawings will enable them to slow down their writing, show it without saying it, and all of the other writing strategies we try to teach in our daily minilessons. Myra Brand 4th grade, plainview,ny
----- Original Message ----- From: ljackson Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 6:51 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Visualizing & comprehension To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > Karen Ernst is a visual literacy expert. She wrote this book: > > Picturing Learning: Artists & Writers in the Classroom by Karen Ernst > > I saw her speak some years ago at a literacy conference at > Hamlin University > in St. Paul, MN. Her session focused us on the use of art--really > visualizing--as a pre-step to writing. I really enjoyed the > conference but > now I wonder how I would reprocess that information, having read > Mosaic and > actively taught visualization and sensory imagery as a comprehension > strategy. > > Lori > > > On 8/13/07 8:40 PM, "baguzman" wrote: > > > An interesting discussion--Who is Karen Ernst and what is the > name of her > > book? It does sound like it might tie into the visualizing > very well. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > -- > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach & Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD 57555 > > http:www.tcsdk12.org > ph. 605.856.2211 > > > Literacies for All Summer Institute > July 17-20. 2008 > Tucson, Arizona > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > 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 Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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.