Talk:Tovani

Unfortunatly I got a little excited and forgot to log in. The number 67 166 135 125 is Katie Lacko. :)

Hey I actually used Tovani's reading strategies in my englsih 30, Writing workshop. For the most part it worked pretty well but the students had a difficult understanding (as so did I, a little) what Tovani meant by relating the text to self, the world, and another text. what is the purpose of this strategy? anythoughts? oh,and furthermore, sorry group that Iwasnt in class when you worked on this but I would like to contribute as much as I can to the page....please, let me know who is in my group and what I can do! Thanks!

Kaylan

Every time I log in under NicoleSM it does not show up under history when I write things! Does anybody know why this would happen? I wrote on Tovani's "Teaching Points" and it does not show that I did it!

Nicole

Hey, Nice job on the "Teaching Points", looks great!! Kaylan to your question about relating the text to self, the world and another text, I think it makes the text more understandable. When you relate the text to self it might help the students feel more connected to what it is they are actually learning and reading. By relating the text to another text you can see what each piece has that the other does not, etc. We did an activity in class where we looked at "It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life" by Lance Armstrong and Hamlet's Soliloquy "To be, or not to be". We then wrote quotes from each text, wrote about what ideas or attitdues were expressed and our own thoughts about the ideas. After doing this we had taken a lot more out of both the pieces. It was also easier to look back and remember a little more about the text. Hope this helps a little while thinking about the purpose and strategies. Well, I'll see you in class. Bye!

Katie ====

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