Tim, I had that same experience earlier this spring. Nothing like the IRS to instill a bit of fear in the heart! I just finished Our Lady of The Forest, a book I was disappointed in and deeply challenged by. There is a great deal of unpunctuated and unattributed dialogue. Add to that, the strong collection to the Catholic faith and to the bible, my knowledge of both is pretty surface level, and I just kept letting go of the storyline. It is not a terribly long book, but decidedly not the airport read I needed. I could not connect and I had to attend to my own inner voice consistently. On the other hand, I plunged right into The Memory Keeper's Daughter somewhere over Illinois and will soon finish it. The 'words; in each of these texts are basically the same, and the second book is much denser. Automaticity did not impact my read, more a general sense of cluelessness. ;-(
Lori On 7/14/07 9:08 AM, "RASINSKI, TIMOTHY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maxine: As you can probably tell, I am a nut about poetry, readers > theater and other authentic performance material for developing fluency. > > However, rereading for the purpose of deepening understanding is > certainly an authentic purpose. Just yesterday, I found myself reading > and rereading the 3 page letter I received from the IRS -- repeated > reading for authentic reasons? Yes! :) > > Best wishes, > > Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D. > Reading and Writing Center > 404 White Hall > Kent State University > Kent, OH 44242 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 330-672-0649 > Cell: 330-962-6251 > Fax: 330-672-2025 > Informational website: www.timrasinski.com > Professional Development DVD: http://www.roadtocomprehension.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Repeated Readings for Fluency - Question for Tim > > Dr. Rasinski, > I appreciate so much being able to talk to you directly. My first > issue in > reading all of the Mosaic responses and questions concerns the > definition of > fluency from your perspective. > > Secondly, I would like to talk about a child that I work with. She is > entering fourth grade. She reads (DRA level 28) She reads with > meaning on a > literal level, but needs guidance and support with inference. Her > decoding is in > many cases hesitant. I have found that rereading is very helpful, but > the > rereading we do is not necessarily authentic. I just explain to her > that by > rereading something, she will become a more fluent reader and she does > it and > does it well. She appears to feel really good about rereading > something > better each time she does it. > > How important is it for rereading to be for authentic purposes such as > reader's theater etc.? If a child understands the purpose, isn't that > enough? > > Thank you, > Maxine > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- 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.
