Perhaps we need to both provide texts that are relevant to their lives to nurture comprehension, but also introduce texts (with much scaffolding) that may relate to things unfamiliar to help expand their background knowledge.
Laney -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 7:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Payne/Bomer at MRA In a message dated 3/16/2008 8:44:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but the knowledge they have may be very diverse, which brings us back to why this is so important to comprehension. If we don't give them texts that are relevant to their lives and they are interested in, they are going to have a much harder with comprehension. That is what Randy is saying. They aren't necessarily missing anything. We just aren't meeting their needs. Nancy **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) _______________________________________________ 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.
