In terms of character, I find kids respond well to questions like, "What kind of a person is...?" "Would you want to have so and so as a friend? Why or why not?" Isoke Nia taught us that when working with young children, plot should simply be presented as WHAT HAPPENS and perhaps that would make sense to your special needs children as well.
I have to say, I have dug into Tony Stead's latest book about teaching nonfiction reading strategies and in terms of identifying main ideas and supporting details, I would definately take a look. Lori On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:21 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: > HI, we are looking for awesome& effective teaching techniques/activities to > assist our 7-8th grade students with the following items: > We are having a really difficult time with teaching these concepts to our > special ed population. Any ideas? > Thanks!! > Sharif > Character, Setting, Plot, Theme (Fiction) > Making Inferences / Drawing Conclusions (Non-Fiction) > Vocabulary (Non-Fiction) > Main Idea / Supporting Details (Non-Fiction) > >________________________________________________________________________ >Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security >tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. >_______________________________________________ >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.
