Except my Statistics book.... My purpose was to survive!! ;-) Lori
On 6/3/07 4:53 PM, "Bill Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lori said >> I think I would say that to get more out of reading, it has to be >> purposeful. Reading enjoyment is a potential purpose. So is figuring out >> how to repair your car, hook up a computer, research your position, etc. > . > > I agree, but doesn't reading that technical book ultimately bring you > pleasure? Reading a cookbook brings me pleasure once I bite into that > chocolate chip cookie. Technical reading can still be "fun" for the person > reading it. Reading that chapter in the text may not bring pleasure, but > passing the chapter test and bringing home a good grade does. Sometimes you > don't even know it, but have you ever had one of those moments where you > remember something you read weeks or months ago and it suddenly has meaning > for you? If you look at the strategies, many of them create pleasure! > Predict something in the book? If it happens, you feel pleasure....if it > doesn't happen, you still feel pleasure because you didn't see it coming! > Making connections creates pleasure. Inference also. It's the pleasure > derived from that "AHA!" moment, but it does add to the experience. > > It's almost Freudian, but it still comes down to pleasure versus pain... > > Bill > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute "Literate Lives: A Human Right" July 12-15, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu _______________________________________________ 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.
