TCH264: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND COMPREHENSIONMarch 24, 2014

TODAY’S CLASS

Reader’s Workshop Comprehension

Character Development Minilesson

A POEM FOR MY LIBRARIAN, MRS. LONGBY NIKKI GIOVANNI, ACOLYTES

Symbol Stands for: Means:

∞ Connections you have to the text.

You have seen, read, or thought about that before.

? Question I don’t understand. I need more information.

! Main Idea This is the important point the author is trying to get across.

+ (E) Agree I agree with the author on this point. (Support with (E)vidence)

- (E) Disagree I disagree with the author. I think differently. (Support with (E)vidence)

NEW New information This is brand new to my thinking.

Highlight Word analysis Structure/figurative language

Key Ideas and Details:CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Craft and Structure:CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.5Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.1

TURN AND TALK

What do the previous exercises say about what happens in your “Reader Mind” as you read?

What do they say about comprehension instruction

Make a connection- What does your comprehension instruction involve? Does it get to the Heart of Reading?

What questions do you have about comprehension instruction?

THINK ABOUT THIS QUOTE

Even though a number of effective strategies have been identified for use in the elementary- and intermediate-grade classrooms to help students succeed, startlingly few teachers actually use them. (Pressley, M., Wharton-McDonald, R., Mistretta-Hampston, J., & Echevarria, M., 1998)

CLOSE READING

Divide into article groups and discuss your 3,2,1 ResponsesWhat did you discover about Close Reading that you didn’t already know. How does it change your mind about comprehension instruction?What does your comprehension instruction involve? Does it get to the Heart of Reading?What are some things you must consider?What may be a struggle? Questions?

WHAT IS CLOSE READING?

Close analysis of texts with evidence should verify claims and conclusions.

Reading shorter chunks of texts with close attention. Rereading and looking for evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text is critical to becoming an effective reader.

BASEBALL VS. READING

Create mental images: Readers create a wide range of visual, auditory, and other sensory images as they read, and they become emotionally involved with what they read.

Use background knowledge: Readers use their prior knowledge before, during, and after reading

Ask questions: Readers generate questions before, during, and after reading to clarify meaning, make predictions, and focus their attention on what’s important.

7 Keys

Make inferences: Readers use their prior knowledge and information from what they read to make predictions, seek answers to questions, draw conclusions, and create interpretations that deepen their understanding of the text.

Determine the most important ideas or themes: Readers identify key ideas or themes as they read, and they can distinguish between important and unimportant information.

7 Keys

Synthesize information: Readers track their thinking as it evolves during reading, to get the overall meaning.

Use fix up strategies: Readers are aware of when they understand and when they don’t. If they have trouble understanding specific words, phrases, or longer passages, they use problem-solving strategies.

7 Keys

COMPREHENSION The process by which we read and get

meaning from text It is the heart of reading It happens while we read and as a result of

reading Different types of texts require different

comprehending strategies (Common Core stress reading of Informational Texts)

We also need to teach students how to think critically about texts. (Question, respond, challenge, connect)

Mentor Texts for Comprehensionhttp://www.mauryk12.org/Literacy/reading%20mentor%20texts.htm

Deep Reading vs. Wide Reading

Vs.

PROCESS

Students and teachers understand multiple reads will occur Independently By proficient readers including teacher

Vocabulary instruction with a focus on Tier 2 words

Questions and discussion will vary with each read

WRITERS’ WORKSHOP• Minilesson• Independent Writing

• Develop a character from your Heart Map, Special Place Map, or any other idea from your writer’s notebook)

– Work on your Place writing (I Am From, or write a Small Moments Story from your map) Try out what our mentor texts showed us about setting a scene.

– Use our list of what writers write about– Tell someone about something on your Heart Map and

write a Small Moments story• Ending Meeting- We’ll share our successes and

struggles

COMMON THEMES IN LITERATURE

Human vs. Society Human vs. Self Human vs. Nature How justice is decided Definition of Hero What it means to

survive The Big Journey Crime does not pay Overcoming Adversity

Importance of Family Love is a worthy pursuit Death is a part of life Sacrifice brings reward Humans trying to

understand divinity (higher power)

Yin/Yang- good balancing with bad

Honesty is the best policy

Change is inevitable

NEXT TIME

Writer’s Workshop Voice

Reader’s Workshop Guided Reading and ComprehensionRead Wiki Article: Guided Reading: The

Romance and Reality Fountas and Pinnell (See anticipation guiding questions posted with the article)

Resources: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/guided/teacher.html