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Think aloud Strategies. Utilizing strategies to analyze readings. Remember. PREDICT PICTURE QUESTION MAKE CONNECTIONS IDENTIFY A PROBLEM SUMMARIZE USING FIX-UPS. Follow each step to generate a general understanding of the reading Think throughout the reading
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Think aloud Strategies Utilizing strategies to analyze readings
Remember • PREDICT • PICTURE • QUESTION • MAKE CONNECTIONS • IDENTIFY A PROBLEM • SUMMARIZE • USING FIX-UPS Follow each step to generate a general understanding of the reading Think throughout the reading The end result will enlighten you to the point of the reading
TONE WORDS…CREATE… • Scan stanzas 1 & 2 • Pick out the tone words • Based on the tone words, I predict this poem will be ……. • Because I can see images of ……. New blood joins this earth And quickly he’s subdued Through constant pained disgrace The young boy learns their rules 5 With time the child draws in This whipping boy does wrong Deprived of all his thoughts The young man struggles on and on
Read Stanza Three • I wonder…..(list a few thoughts concerning the direction of the poem) He’s known, a vow unto his own 10 That never from this day, his will they’ll take away
Read Stanzas 4 and 5 What I’ve felt, what I’ve known Never shined through in what I’ve shown Never be, never see Won’t see what might have been 15 What I’ve felt, what I’ve known Never shined through in what I’ve shown Never free, never me So, I dubbed thee un-forgiven • I noticed in these two stanzas that… • Based on line 18, I predict that……
Read Stanza 6 • I think the man is bitter because… They dedicated their lives 20 To running all of his He tries to please them all The bitter man he is
Read Stanza 7 Throughout his life the same He’s battled constantly 25 This fight he cannot win A tired man they see no longer cares I wonder if the battle is physical ? or mental? Or both? I think the battle is between…
Read Stanza 8 • I understand now that the boy… • I wonder why… The old man then prepares to die Regretfully, that old man is me
Read Stanzas 9 and 10 • I noticed in these two stanzas that… • I wonder who is dubbed un-forgiven? What I’ve felt, what I’ve known 30 Never shined through in what I’ve shown Never be, never see Won’t see what might have been What I’ve felt, what I’ve known Never shined through in what I’ve shown 35 Never free, never me So, I dubbed thee un-forgiven
Read Stanza 11 • I didn’t expect….. • For a clearer understanding, I better re-read stanza…… You labeled me, I’ll label you So, I dub thee un-forgiven
Video Analysis • Watch the video …decide whether or not the video enhances your understanding of the poem’s message • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYUMPKFYd6g