We began class with a quick write on what each student believes writing is. I will bring the results to class on Monday.
Then, we launched into Lord of the Flies, with a focus on Chapter One. We reviewed all the different comprehension strategies a reader might use to make sense of text: questioning, figuring out unknown words, connecting, re-reading, making mental pictures, summarizing and making inferences. I asked students to practice using all these strategies as they began the novel, and instructed them to make note of what they are thinking as they read.
Students were also asked to think about the following questions as they read through Chapter One: Who/what appears to be influencing the boys in their behaviour/actions at the start of the story? What evidence exists to support these ideas?
I have asked each student to bring a Page of Thinking (POT) to class on Monday. To share.
No comments:
Post a Comment