I would like to be a part of this as well, will get my book ordered if you don't mind... I would be willing to lead a chapter as well... Thanks, Lisa Ward Instructional Coach Davis & Jessup Elementaries wa...@laramie1.k12.wy.us ________________________________________ From: mosaic-bounces+wardl=laramie1....@literacyworkshop.org [mosaic-bounces+wardl=laramie1....@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Kathy [ka...@laurinburg.com] Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 10:12 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] idea for book study group on poetry.
I want to participate with you all if I may! Happy New Year! Sent from my iPhone On Dec 30, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Sally Thomas <sally.thom...@verizon.net> wrote: > Sent two responses this a.m. Which haven't come up yet on my computer and > wondering why. Did I do something wrong in sending it? Just in case it's > being held up for some reason, I'm volunteering to facilitate - though very > open to giving that wonderful position to anyone else who'd like to do it. > > Second: I set out a draft/brainstorm plan which is open to discussion. I'm > going to recopy it here. > > Here are a couple of ideas. Welcome your feedback and I can revise! > 1. When to start. Thinking the last weekend of January. Gives us enough > time to order and read a chapter or two??? Thinking weekends might be a > good time to begin each new section discussion as our weeks are pretty > filled with working - right??? > > 2. Pacing. Have to get my book out to see how it is divided but probably a > chapter a week or so??? That's roughly. Or is that too fast a pace? > > 3. I'd be glad to start each week's discussion with my own connections > and/or questions. And everyone can just join in. Or we can take turns with > who wants to take the lead for different chapters. (I would love that!) > let me know if you'd like to do this and we can set up a schedule. > > 4. My guess is that we'll be using the STRATEGIES as we read to understand. > And also think about how using the ideas with kids will tap the strategies. > > 5. Speaking of strategies, I suggest we might begin by each of us tapping > our own SCHEMA of poetry. Why not start by remembering our own early and > schooling experience of poetry. The next chapter of that could be our own > experiences of poetry since our schooling - has it been the same or > different? Between these two chunks of schema, we will have reflected on > our experiences and assumptions about poetry as we explore Georgia's book. > > 6. It would be great if someone would be "the keeper of..." poems > mentioned or recommended by Georgia or any of us that we might want to use > in our classrooms. (just gathering them as they come up naturally and keep > as a simple list in a folder that we can put on the resources page of this > list at the end of our discussion?) > > PLEASE GIVE ME FEEDBACK ON ANY OF THIS. IT'S JUST A BRAINSTORM TO BEGIN OUR > PLANNING. > > Sally > > > On 12/30/11 5:02 AM, "Palmer, Jennifer" <jennifer.pal...@hcps.org> wrote: > >> I am totally in favor! Who would like to facilitate the discussion? I am >> finishing and defending my dissertation in the next few months, or I would >> offer to do it myself... >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
