Sunday, February 22, 2009
Noteblog comprehension
I found the readings for this week very helpful especially towards writing my language arts lesson plan. I found chapter 2 in the Tompkins book most helpful. I really liked the examples of minilessons given at the beginning of the chapter. My favorite was the literary opposites lessons and I may use it in my own lesson. I also liked how the chapter went through the reading process and explained what should happen at each stage. These are steps that I will consider and be sure to include in my lesson. For instance, I didn't really think about asking the students to think about what they thought the purpose of reading the text was. I will be sure to do that now, however. The rest of the steps were pretty much already in my lesson except exploring. I think that it is a good idea to have the students go back through the piece and analyze it. This, again, is something I will consider adding.
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I could not agree with you more about actually being able to use the material we have read to help with lesson plan writing. I have found that in other classes I read and write responses and then never use the information again. However, in the Tompkins book there are useful examples that can applicable in the classroom. Looking at and analyzing sample lessons is extremely beneficial. As you mentioned, these are directly related to placement. Having the stages broken down and explained allows the reader to really see what is going on and things to look for in terms of students work. This was a very interesting article!
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