Hi Heather, Your description sounds good. What program are you using? Kim
----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [LIT] Lessons on repairing comp In the program I am a coach for, we have a whole series of things we do. I'll briefly describe it here. And it really does work very well! First, we start by introducing students to different text forms (expository - and even break that down into magazine article, textbook, etc.) then we also first look at text features. We create a chart that lists the text features and their functions in various texts. Then, we look at an article (carefully chosen so it has lots of supportive text features) and have the students look at only the text features. They then discuss what the big idea is that they got from the text features. The point is made that they got a ton if info that is building their background knowledge which will help them when they actually go to read the running text. We read the running text (shared reading, or part shared, part individually) and discuss what the main ideas are and cross-check that with what we got from the text features. After a few of these lessons, we show the students how to set up notes based on the text features, and then how to take notes on those and the running text. Then, later (many lessons later usually) we show them how to write a summary based off of their notes. Always at the end of each lesson we go through the process we went through to make meaning. We have them reflect on what they learned and how it helps them in their reading or writing. So many of our students improved so much last year. And this really helps them with all their content area reading! So, basically, the biggest "fix-up" strategy is to get the big idea from text features and then when reading the running text, they are making sure it still matches up. If it doesn't, they need to adjust what they think the main idea(s) is. On 9/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In a message dated 9/11/07 5:21:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Harvey's Comprehension Toolkit is ALL about monitoring comp through the > > reading strategies outlined in MOT and STW. LOVE IT!!!! > > > > I do have it, but I'm looking more for strategies for the students to use > when they get stuck. Other than rereading and close reading what are some > other > things people are teaching struggling readers? > > Pat - NY > > > ************************************** > See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
