In regards to all this, take a difficult passage and print it out as portrait view, then as landscape view, and see what happens to comprehension. Could add column view.
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Ron Heady <[email protected]> wrote: > I have used some selections from technical manuals, especially ones that > are based in a computer language or installing a program. These passages > are also "fun" to use for on-demand reading for fluency. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > mosaic-bounces+ronh <mosaic-bounces%2Bronh>[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jeana Wise > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 1:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] difficult reading passage for adults > > I am looking for a very difficult reading passage to share with my teachers > as something concrete for "Any reader can look like a struggling reader when > the text is too hard" (Fountas & Pinnell, 2009). I have searched for > chemistry and engineering passages but end up with a page from Amazon's > reader that cannot be printed. Has anyone ever been given something like > this before? > > > > Jeana > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- "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.
