I teach third grade. Since my students have already been exposed to text structure, I went through my classroom books, making sure that I had examples of each type of structure. After direct instruction on the different models, the children were handed books and worked in very small groups to determine what structure the book followed. They then had to report back to the class and prove their choice with evidence from the text. I threw in a book that was a combination of fiction and non-fiction. The kids loved the practice so we have repeated it a few times with different books. Through this activity, they seemed to develop a strong sense of the different structures of non-fiction text and they were having fun.
Leslie R. Stewart (203)481-5386 X310 FAX (203)483-0749 lstew...@branford.k12.ct.us Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Dr. Seuss _______________________________________________ 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.
