It's like fast food and fine dining. Taco John's just doesn't cut it all the time and when I get the chance to enjoy a fine meal, I want to savor it. I think comprehension strategies are about savoring but also about building an toolbox for those times when quick reads don't cut it.
As fast-paced as life may be, even for those who are not passionate about pleasure reads, there are times when deep understanding is required. Signing a mortgage (or any other kind of contract), pondering a major purchase through research, the need to research and understand a health issue... Lori On 9/21/08 11:39 PM, "jan sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the benefit to readers who learn and use comprehension strategies? > > They learn to interact with the text - to internalize it and make it "theirs". > As a young reader I was never taught to do this -not until college when it was > expected and I had no idea that I was supposed to think something about the > text - I just read it and took everything at face value -my English professors > shook their heads at me -a lot. > Jan > We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to > be lit. > -Robert Shaffer > > > Perhaps we can get started with the Foreword, where Debbie Miller explains > that the book, *To Understand*, invites us to ask what comprehension > strategies are for. What is the benefit to readers who learn and use > comprehension strategies? So much of what we do in our fast-paced lifestyles > can be achieved with a quick read. Comments? > > Kare > _______________________________________________ > Understand mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org<h > ttp://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Understand mailing list > [email protected] > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
