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Responding to Literature

Responding to Literature. Chapter 4. "Don't forget that a book is a private contract between a writer and a reader. Don't try to force another reader to share your contract. And above all, don't kill the joy.". Katherine Paterson. Reader Response. Interaction in Readers' Minds.

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Responding to Literature

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  1. Responding to Literature Chapter 4

  2. "Don't forget that a book is a private contract between a writer and a reader. Don't try to force another reader to share your contract. And above all, don't kill the joy." Katherine Paterson

  3. Reader Response

  4. Interaction in Readers' Minds

  5. Highly Idiosyncratic • Experiences • Interests • Preferences • Development • Literacy skills and motivation

  6. Responses Shaped by Social Contexts

  7. Social Context • Peers • Teacher expectations • Culture • Transactional Response Theory

  8. Teaching from a Transactional Perspective

  9. Teacher's Role • Not ONE correct response • Encouraging aesthetic & efferent reading for personal reward • Activities for deepening response

  10. Caution Book reports and fill-in-the-blank worksheets: Do these fit your goals? Consider tossing them out or revising them.

  11. Dictated Response

  12. Oral Response

  13. Retelling / Storytelling

  14. Book Talks

  15. Book Discussions

  16. Choral Speaking

  17. Puppetry

  18. Art and Music

  19. Similar Media / Style In the style of Smoky Night

  20. Similar Media / Style In the style of Eric Carle

  21. Graphic Organizers

  22. Sketch-to-stretch

  23. Other Ways . . . • Drama & Dramatization • Pantomime • Reader's Theater

  24. See the CD-ROM which came with this text for: • Searchable database of children's literature • Author and illustrator profiles • Visit the COMPANION WEBSITE for: • Children's literature websites for students

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