I've got a high school student that I'm struggling to find appropriate strategies for. On our 11th grade state ELA exam students must listen to a passage read orally twice. They are given 5 minutes between readings where they may look at the questions. They may take notes at any point in time. Students then answer a few multiple choice questions. This student LOOKS like an excellent listener - eyes and ears on the speaker, pen in hand taking notes, and focused in all regards. Yet, the student then misses the majority of the comprehension questions. I've noticed the same thing while doing listening activities in my class. We've tried not taking notes, as she has expressed that she misses important information because she's focusing on writing her notes. We've tried structured notes - thinking about what type of information is generally presented in these passages and creating a quick visual plan of what to listen for. However, I'm still not seeing improvement. Ideas?
Heather Waymouth High School Literacy Specialist Honeoye Falls - Lima High School heather_waymo...@hflcsd.org (585)-624-7050 "Always show the you in you that makes you who you are." - Chidinma Obietikponah STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY This email message and any attachments may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are prohibited from using the information in any way, including but not limited to disclosure of, copying, forwarding or acting in reliance on the contents. If you have received this email by error, please immediately notify me by return email and delete it from your email system. _______________________________________________ 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
