Diane, I think Dave answered your questions BEAUTIFULLY. There are SO many applications of this textmapping technique.
But, if you want to know what I was doing with that particular lesson, it was focused on finding and using text features.(See http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/show?id=649749%3ABlogPost%3A190834) So, no white out. Book was about 30 pages nonfiction Q&A format(I shrunk it down on copy machine to get two pages per sheet w/room on top to write) and the book was related to their current Social Studies unit on Early Explorers (Kids were saying, "We have SCHEMA for this!"). For THIS lesson I DID use the same text because the focus was on finding and labeling those features. Here's some more info if you are interested... I have since given them each a smaller scroll, although we didn't glue/tape pages together, just laid out the pages on their desks. They each got three papers, each with four pages of text from the book (shrunk 50%), just taking the first couple of sections from the beginning of the book and the glossary/index from the back. I specifically choose another book related to their current Science unit on muscles. Their directions were to highlight and label those nonfiction features, then go back and READ the text (I choose one about a grade level below so I was sure they could all read it. PLUS they had schema for the text since they've been learning about muscles in Science.) As they actually READ the text, I asked them to record some of their thinking in margins, using the strategies. (I have done an anchor lesson for each MOSAIC strategy as a review at the beginning of the year as our kiddos have had strategy instruction all the way through now.) This was used as a FORMATIVE assessment to see which kids still need help identifying the features, which kids need help in getting beyond basic, surface-level use of strategies, and which kids are ready for a stretch. This coming week we'll break into groups to do just that, using different texts for each group. And yes, I hope to get into teaching those text structures more and more this year and will certainly make a point of using scrolls and textmapping to do so. All said, I just plain LOVE the idea of spreading that book out, opening the entire text for them to see at once. This is a great teaching tool. Try it! -Michelle TG This message sent from the home of Scott and Michelle TG www.mrstg.com -----Original Message----- Hi Michelle - thanks for your post...just a few quick questions if you don't mind. Did you white out the page numbers, and/or the the features for them to fill in on their own, or were the copied pages exactly from the text? Also, how long of a text did you choose? Was it an instructional text or informational? and one more question...did all groups have the same text? Thanks you so much!! Diane _______________________________________________ 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.
