1 / 12

Sometimes Reading for school can seem like a

Sometimes Reading for school can seem like a . street--- . with just the writer doing all the communicating , . Reading is a 2-way street. But effective reading is really like a conversation between the reader and writer:.

yehudi
Download Presentation

Sometimes Reading for school can seem like a

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Sometimes Reading for school can seem like a street--- with just the writer doing all the communicating,

  2. Reading is a 2-way street • But effective reading is really like a conversation between the reader and writer:

  3. Through the conversation readers pull in information the author put into the text and makes sense of it using their prior knowledge.

  4. Sometimes, a passage from a text will be loud and clear to you—as if the author is shouting. (the author tends to do most of the work when she or he is shouting) • (Hint:shouts are the information that we often find on comprehension tests.)

  5. Do you hear that? • Sometimes, an author whispers to the reader –this is information that is not so obvious to the reader—(in this type of conversation, the reader tends to do a lot more work. ) What’s that I hear??

  6. Hearing what the author whispers is what we often call reading between the lines • These whispers can shed light on what the author says and does • It also helps us go beyond these aspects and critically construct understanding about the text and its author

  7. So what? • Some of this extra knowledge is vital for critically analyzing a text and the ideology that helped produce it. • You can easily multiply the knowledge you construct from and about a text by reading inferentially

  8. What else? • Having something to say about a text/author you might be uninterested in, unfamiliar with and bored by… • (whisper: there’s no excuses!!!) • Building up your writing • Meeting Faculty expectations: • Quality & quantity • Being able to articulate and support your claims

  9. Whose responsible? Since reading and writing form conversations, all participants share responsibility for:

  10. The quality of Information… Clarity Honesty Accounting for error, misinformation, biases, etc

  11. Sample Shouts & whispers • From article on LEARNER-CENTERED COLLEGE TEACHING • “The students, whose teachers have been telling them everything they needed to know from the first grade on…” • (Felder,1996,p.1) Author doesn’t entirely approve of teachers telling students ‘everything’ Shouted(surface) text Whispered(between lines)

  12. A single shout has many whispers • Author assumes or generalizes that most k-12 teachers ‘spoon feed’ most students • Author believes college students’ prior education experiences make the college transition harder • College instructors shouldn’t ‘blame’ students who resist learner-centered classes

More Related