Reading your post the word engagement popped into my head. We want the children to engage in the story. Not just read the words. Have you ever read aloud, and not know what you read? I have -I wasn't engaged -I wasn't taking in what I was reading -I was just saying the words. Well, I do that sometimes when I read silently too. Then I have to go back and reread. I wasn't engaged........ Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<mailto:mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] stopping and thinking/long
Elisa, Join the late email reader's club. I've been so far behind that I don't know that l'll ever catch up! I think that what we are trying to accomplish is giving students a model of how to think, how to help them become more conscious of that little voice in their head. I don't think we are dictating when they should think, or what they should think. I think we are introducing them to this idea of dwelling in the words, soaking up the meaning; all the while training that voice, learning to have that conversation. Having said that, I reread a piece I wrote this summer, and there's no doubt that I held back, leaving it up to the reader to wonder what's going on. Although I do mention a storm, it's not until the last paragraph that I mention the word tornado. I give many clues throughout the piece, and if you live in the midwest you might make the connection earlier because of the setting, the characters' actions and dialog. But I'm still not convinced that this is what we are talking about. We want students to read and think. Mostly, though, I want my students to enjoy reading and to find it satisfying and worthwhile. To me, learning the strategies can help them come closer to doing that. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org<mailto:Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org<http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org>. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive<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.
