---Am I right that the STW 2 doesn't focus on connecting? I am about to rethink it myself. I just spent 2 weeks on it. Forcing a connection, and then forcing a So What? meaningful use of the connection isn't flowing well.---
I know what you mean about the 'connections' feeling forced.? Two points.... 1) I heard some time ago, before STW#2 came out, that Ellin Keene had said at a conference that had she to do it all over again, she wouldn't have broken it down into T-S, etc.? 2) yes, the 'so what' asked 3 times does help bring the students closer to the importance of making connections, but even better, when we model, we start with, "did you ever feel like so-and-so?" which leads us to a list of feeling words, which leads to some GREAT vocab development.? Which is followed up with, "and when did you feel that way?"? Then the? connection is to the character's feelings which? helps kids dig deeper into understanding WHY a character did what he/she did, etc.? It's also great to connect to a character trait. We have found that starting out this way, way down into kindergarten, eliminates that "oh yeah, I have a red wagon, too" syndrome and moves the learners much more quickly to those meaty connections.? Even in a great story like Smoky Night, students have felt loss, fear, closeness of family etc. and can make connections to the child in the story without having had to experience the awful riots and fires. -Martha -----Original Message----- From: gina nunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 2:47 pm Subject: [MOSAIC] mastery of stragies ________________________________________________________________ Boo!?Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/[EMAIL PROTECTED]://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.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.
