Try 1. Writing generic high level plot and character questions and put in a basket and have group members take turns pulling one out and reading to the group. Tape record them while you're with another group. Never failed to improve the book talk because the seriousness of their attitude rose with the presence of a microphone.
2. Do you teach levels of questions? I would do After the Lunch Bunch and I provided a dessert. To be invited (it did happen during class) you needed to submit three Level 2 or 3 questions. We worked on this a lot so they had stems to get them going. Gina > From: [email protected] > Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 31, Issue 23 > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:00:15 -0400 > > Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Reading Workshops (Kelly Wade) > 2. Re: Book Clubs ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:58:06 -0700 (PDT) > From: Kelly Wade <[email protected]> > Subject: [MOSAIC] Reading Workshops > To: mosaic <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi Whitney, > > I think this may be a necessary activity in my district for?our intermediate > (grades 4-6) parents. I was wondering what fluency tips you shared as some of > my sixth graders have such issues. Actually, if you could post all your notes > on the Mosaic site, that'd be great, too! LOL > > > Thanks, > > Kelly > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:32:16 EDT > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Book Clubs > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > The quality of the talk in Book clubs is at best adequate. What have any of > you been doing to really lift the level of talk to support inferential and > interpretive comprehension (grades 3-8) > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Leslie > > > In a message dated 3/23/2009 9:32:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Thanks for all of the great suggestions for the book clubs! We'll see how > this goes! > Michele > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219858252x1201366219/aol?redir=http: > %2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID > %3D62%26bcd%3DMarchfooterNO62) > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > > **************Great Deals on Dell 15" Laptops - Starting at $479 > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220635228x1201407499/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doub > leclick.net%2Fclk%3B213153654%3B34689672%3Bo) > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 31, Issue 23 > ************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009 _______________________________________________ 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.
