To make students aware of the delight that can be found in literature.
What is a goal of reading aloud?
100
A teacher's view of literature and learning.
What is the most important element in a classroom where children read real books?
100
Post-Its
How can students mark places they want to talk about?
100
Practice and feedback go hand in hand.
How are practice and feeback related?
200
*similes
*metaphors
*actions/thoughts/conversations of characters
*narrations
What examples of figurative language bring writing/characters to life?
200
Encourage and respond to others and build on other's responses.
How would students ideally respond to read alouds and/or book talks?
200
Reading for meaning.
What is the benefit of reading "real books" versus "text books"?
200
It must be the students' ideas, not the teacher's.
How do you make dialogue work?
200
Trust themselves to talk about a book with insight and clarity.
What should a teacher do when a literature group goes beyond sharing, into true dialogue?
300
Point of view
How does the author take up a position with the imaginary worlds they create?
300
Children are making meaning on their own with little help from others.
What is the value of extensive reading?
300
*Story is an exploration and illumination of life.
*Bring meaning to, as well as taking meaning from a text
*Children are born makers of meaning
*Dialogue is the best method for teaching and learning literature.
What are the four beliefs of teaching and learning literature?
300
As students become aware of literary concepts they will bring this knowledge to other works.
How do teachers help students make connections with similar texts?
300
1. Practice in learning to attend to facts.
2. Practice in discriminating values within a context that naturally provides demonstrations.
3. Relevant feedback.
What does dialogue provide?
400
Passing of hours, days, weeks, seasons, or centuries
How does time pass in a story?
400
Book talks by teachers, librarian and other children.
How do you teach children to select books?
400
Real books stand on their own and through responses of students and teachers decide meaning.
How do teachers and students interpret what the author has written?
400
A checklist that includes:
*Enjoyment/Involvement
*Making personal connections
*Interpretation/Making meaning
*Insight into Story Elements
What can a teacher use to evaluate student response to literature?
400
Inquiry and critique
What two skills are necessary for constructing meaning?
500
Weaving of stories, events, images, words and symbols illuminate for our contemplation the stuff life is made of.
What type of extended metaphor does a story bring to the reader?
500
Many teacher use a form that includes date, author, title and pages read.
How should reading record keeping systems be managed?
500
By enjoying and interpreting literature instead of simply decoding letters.
How do students learn how to become READERS?
500
At the close of each literature study.
How often should teachers evaluate a student's a preparation and participation in literature study?