Mar

8

Foreshadowing/Prediction via Implication/Inference

March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Objectives:
Notice how an author uses hints to influence an audience by:

manipulating tone via word choice
using “negative indicators”

Understand the value in making predictions:

monitoring comprehension
making inferences

Warm-up:
Look at this famous optical illusion and explain how artists can use negative space to make meaning.

Mini Lesson:
Talk about what the students thought about the optical illusion.
Sometimes what is missing or left [...]

Mar

1

Sentence Fluency

March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

*Note to teacher:

“Fluency” is a term that seems confused in education…especially in writing instruction.
I’ve heard teachers talk about “fluency” as being the ease to which a student can put words and sentences down on the page. I contend that this is not fluency, but automaticity or expertise.
Fluency (for the purposes of this lesson) is [...]

Feb

27

Stream of Consciousness

February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Objectives:

Students know that stream of consciousness as an organizational method of writing
Students understand the essential role of “Gestalt” in stream of consciousness

Warm-up:

Paraphrase the following definition of “Stream of Consciousness” from my old college text

Mini-Lesson:

Share paraphrases
From what you’ve heard, what can be the problem with reading a selection employing Stream of Consciousness

randomness
getting lost
boredom

Explain the essential [...]