Tell me more about poster conversations!! On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:17 PM, EDWARD JACKSON <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This is not a suggestion for a book, but for a visual literacy activity > that I have used across grade levels with tremendous success. I seek > images, obviously, in this case, things like paintings, drawings and > excerpts from primary documents, and blow them up as large as possible. I > like to use about a dozen. These are mounted on the wall, and numbered. > Then students prepare their notebooks, creating a three column chart. > Column one (narrow) to record Image #. Column two (wider) to jot down > noticings and column three (widest) to record inferences. Students are > paired or trio'ed and assigned an image to get started with. Using a timer, > I would give students 3-4 minutes at each image. It is NOT necessary for > every student to get to every image, but you do want teams to get to at > least four or five images. When this is followed by discussion, it is a > great way to get the juices going. Most recently, I used this with eighth > grade students on the eve of a science fiction unit and used movie posters, > book jackets and so on. They were able to develop some conjectures about > science fiction and it got them excited about the unit. > > I would also find song lyrics from this era. I love poster conversations > (thank you Harvey Daniels) and find kids really like the idea of written > conversations. > > Lori > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- "There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals." Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes _______________________________________________ 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.
