What about first doing a KWL type chart? Or some kind of chart provides you, the facilitator, with a form of preassessment. Then, I like Dave's idea, but I'd try to find a short article and ask people to read, stop, and write down their thinking. I'd try to find something from the newspaper that is current and interesting to them. I find it's better to focus on one piece where they all have a common experience. Then, you can also compare how different readers with different backgrounds react to the reading. Carol
On Oct 22, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Dave Middlebrook wrote: > Mosaic is about really engaging in reading -- and about talking > about your > reading, sharing observations, etc. So why not start by asking > everying to > talk a bit about something recent from their reading. It could be > a novel, > or a poem, or a journal article, a particularly interesting article > from > last Sunday's newspaper, or a textbook that they are preparing to > use in > class. Or maybe they saw something on TV that really got them > going. For > example, I like PBS shows like Front Line, Air, POV, and Charlie > Rose. Lots > to talk about there. Lots of connections, questions, inferences, > insights, > etc. The point is to get people talking about about how they > engage and > think about the world around them -- more about how they think than > what > they think. > > If people don't hold back, this could be a lot of fun. It could > also be a > good ice breaker. And it will set the context nicely for a > discussion about > Mosaic of Thought. > > Whatever you do, I hope you get your study group off to a good > start. Good > luck!. > > Dave Middlebrook > The Textmapping Project > A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills > instruction. > www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! > USA: (609) 771-1781 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Forsyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 6:39 PM > Subject: [MOSAIC] study group > > >> Hi, >> I'm conducting a study group for 5-8th grade teachers who don't >> have the >> book Mosaic of thought in their hands yet. They will have the book >> shortly, but I need to met with them this week for an hour. Does >> any one >> have any ideas on what I should do with them? I was thinking of >> just >> giving them an overview of the book........That seems so boring to >> me. Any >> ideas? >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
