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Class 4: Feb 14th

Class 4: Feb 14th. Agenda. Attendance Reading Quiz-turn in Read Aloud Facilitation Controversy in CYAL Break Responding to CYAL For Next Time. Read Aloud Facilitation. Culture, Heritage and Bilingualism. Reflecting on Who We Are. Who are you? Where are you from? What makes you, YOU?

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Class 4: Feb 14th

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  1. Class 4: Feb 14th

  2. Agenda • Attendance • Reading Quiz-turn in • Read Aloud Facilitation • Controversy in CYAL • Break • Responding to CYAL • For Next Time

  3. Read Aloud Facilitation • Culture, Heritage and Bilingualism

  4. Reflecting on Who We Are Who are you? Where are you from? What makes you, YOU? Consider the following: What does it mean to be “from some place”? How can the place we are from influence our identities (who we are)? Is it possible to be from more than one place? How might our identity change depending on where we are? Can people be from a place that is not an actual location, but represents a community or an idea such as being from a family, a religious tradition or a strong interest? Where I am From Poems

  5. Controversy and CYAL • What makes a book controversial? • What are some books that have been challenged and/or banned? • What are your thoughts about what is and is not appropriate for children and young adults to read? • What resources are available for thinking about the issue of censorship?

  6. Some Banned or Challenged Books • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • Diary of a Young Girl • In the Night Kitchen • A Light in the Attic • Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. • Harry Potter • The Chocolate War • And Tango Makes Three • The Color Purple • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

  7. BREAK

  8. Responding to Literature • Why respond to literature? • Supports readers in constructing deeper more personal meanings of texts • Encourages readers to make connections between texts and their own life experiences • Prompts readers to consider how a text impacts their own lives • Response activities help readers reflect on and express their thinking about what they read • Ways readers respond to literature? • Personal, Critical, Analytical Responses • Writing, Discussion, Multimedia, Arts & Crafts, Drama

  9. Children’s Literature and Reading Comprehension • Comprehension is the goal of reading instruction. • What is reading comprehension? • A creative, multifaceted process in which readers engage with text over time. • A process of using prior knowledge and the author’s text to construct meaning that is useful to the reader for a specific purpose. • Readers construct a mental picture or representation of the text and its interpretation through the comprehension process. • Comprehension depends on reader and text factors.

  10. Reader Factors Background knowledge Purpose Fluency Strategies Inferences Motivation Text Factors Structure Genres Content and Vocabulary Comprehension: Reader Factors and Text Factors

  11. The Reading Process • Prereading • Activate background knowledge, set a purpose for reading • Reading • Independent, buddy, guided, shared, read aloud • Responding • Response logs, small/large group discussions, other • Exploring • Rereading, Author’s Craft, Word and Sentence • Applying • Oral and written projects

  12. Examples of Responses to Literature • Writing • Beyond Book Reports--Alternative Formats • Genre-to-Genre: Transform one genre into another • Discussion/Oral Presentation • Literature Circles or Book Club • Book Talk, Retelling, Reader’s Theatre • Multimedia • PPT, Webpage, Video Short • Arts and Crafts • Drawing, sculpture, mobiles, maps • Drama • Puppet shows, reenactments, Hot Seat

  13. Sharing Books • Book Talks on Reading Rainbow • The Titanic • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHAb6TYNX4w • The Three Bears • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPDxbN-dzN0&feature=related • The Baby Sitters Club • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_lxM3Z3jQ&feature=related • Spooky Stories • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2SbnfmXtBM

  14. Responding to the Texts • Write a brief personal response to your assigned book. • Discuss the text in your small group. • Respond to your assigned texts in the following ways: • The Great Kapok Tree--Readers’ Theater (mask and speaking part • Just a Dream-Compose a script for a book talk designed to entice others to read the book. • The Lorax--Draw a political cartoon in response to the theme of the book. • Discuss the three books in a grand conversation.

  15. For Next Time • Chapter 6 Reading Quiz • Spark Readings • Bring Alphabet and Counting Book

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