I have listened to great book club discussions with boys who stood/walked around practically the whole time they were talking about the book. They also got off topic every few sentences, but had learned enough to say an off topic remark and then pull themselves back on topic. Looking at them from far away it looked like there was no thinking happening, but when I really listened to them I realized they were doing great work--they just needed to have their conversation look and sound a little different from my ideal.
Natasha ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:29:15 -0400 From: [email protected] To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] boys and literacy Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" I think it's fine if second grade boys (or girls) don't want to analyze a text, but I think that by the time boys and girls are in high school, they must be able to analyze a text. What do we do to move the boys into analysis without pushing them out of a love for reading? _______________________________________________ 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
