Sorry, I included an incorrect web address for the ncte website.? This is the correct address:? http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/plot-diagram/
Kristine -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 3:34 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] literal - inferential for strugglers There is a wonderful resource I use for both writing and reading for elements of story through NCTE? C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\ReadWriteThink Student Materials Plot Diagram.mht Kristine -----Original Message----- From: Renee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:10 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] literal - inferential for strugglers Lori, I agree with you here, very much, AND I would certainly want to make sure all students understand the meanings of the following words if I expect them to retell a story: beginning problem solution ending character setting I would not teach these words as a "list of vocabulary words" but rather through modeling, modeling, modeling, and using them during discussion, while checking for understanding. As for books to choose to teach retelling, for me it would have to be a book with a clear plot structure with all the above components, even if the book were very simple. There should be hundreds of them in anyone's classroom. (OK, dozens of them in some peoples' classrooms who have been gleaned by the program police.... but they are there.) Renee On Feb 18, 2008, at 5:15 AM, ljackson wrote: > I don't think we can simplify this discussion to a list of words. One > size > cannot fit all. I think it is a matter of deeply knowing your > students, > thinking through each lesson designed with the question, "What > language must > the child understand to fully benefit from this experience?" It is > thoughtful decision making when deciding what vocabulary to plant, > careful > kid--watching for signs that kids are perplexed by language and I > firmly > believe it involves the use of rich language in all classroom > situations. > > Lori > > > On 2/18/08 1:11 AM, "Patricia Kimathi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What words would you teach a primary groups? >> Pat K >> >> "to be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, >> night >> and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest >> battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting." >> >> e.e. cummings >> >> On Feb 16, 2008, at 7:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> they don't have the language to express their thoughts. I have been >>> thinking >>> that some intensive vocabulary instruction must go hand in hand with >>> str >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > July 17-20. 2008 > Tucson, Arizona > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > "Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself." ~ Robert A. Heinlein _______________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.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. ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.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.
