One piece I have used is a cutting from Michel Foucault's Panopticism where he describes his prison idea. It is more than enough to make them really be struggling readers.
I went to a Kris Tovani workshop this summer in Denver - fantastic by the way. You may want to think about going to the Rocky Mountain Literacy Conference next summer. She did a great activity with us using the Sports Illustrated cover where they did a sports Sistene Chapel. You can print it from this website. http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/tennw/sports/w-baskbl/ si-50thanniv/si-chapel-full-web.jpg It was the most fantastic thing. She had each table try to make meaning of it. Some people knew the sports figures and others knew the Biblical references. We were using all the strategies that struggling readers use to make sense. It was a great "aha" for teachers about background knowledge and then how little scaffolds she would say could help us make more sense out of it. We used it with our high school teachers inservice. It was especially good for the non-communication arts type teachers to get the point of how we make sense out of whatever kind of text we are asking students to read. Ann Jernigan Literacy Coach Webb City R-7 Schools [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
