Oh, yes...I also found something on the weather channel. I can't remember the title, but it was about Washington and the weather during the war and how Washington understood the terrain and when to go into battle to surprise the Brittish. I hope it is still on the video or tv section of the weather channel's web site. Very interesting.
Deb -----Original Message----- From: Beverlee Paul <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 3:55 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Revolutionary War unit help request 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 ustice Oliver Wendell Holmes ______________________________________________ osaic mailing list [email protected] o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to ttp://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.
