Here's a fun and interesting lesson that you can use to explore the ground shared by writing/reading and fluency/comprehension:
Four documents: * background and text: http://www.textmapping.org/millayScrollPages.pdf * student instructions: http://www.textmapping.org/millayInstructions.pdf * the orginal text: http://www.textmapping.org/millayLayout.pdf * author's biographical notes: http://www.textmapping.org/bioMillay.pdf This lesson goes straight to the heart of what fluency is all about. You'll need to adjust the instructions (specifically, step #7) and time constraints to meet the needs of your students. And I'll grant you that the references to Edna St. Vincent Millay's bisexuality and bohemian lifestyle might not be appropriate for all audiences -- they can easily be left out. As you see it here, the lesson is structured for high school and college students. If taken in smaller time-doses and with a modified instruction set, upper-elementary and middle school students will dig into this with enthusiasm. This is a hands-on lesson that works well as a cooperative learning exercise in a workshop setting. I hope you and your students have fun with it! 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: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies EmailGroup" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Re-replies to my fluency v. comprehension >I wonder if it isn't also effectively addressed when punctuation and >sentence structure is taught as a composition skill in > writing workshop. Katie Ray talks about this, how making these decisions > as a WRITER informs your READER and maintains > your MESSAGE. So if we get beyond thinking about periods, commas, clauses > and phrases as an editing issue and help kids > think of them naturally as composition tools, won't that positively impact > them as readers as well? _______________________________________________ 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.
