Todays session looked at texts, and text selection.
Key points for me were: 1) Choosing the texts, based on how the learners have been grouped. This also had the idea of Mirrors/Windows/Sliding Doors (a concept from Rudine Sims Bishop Link) where the learner can see themselves in what they are reading, but are also introduced to new ideas and things outside their experiences.
2) Building text sets, based around an anchor text. Within this set, try to include a variety of text types - multi-modal, with plays/poems/audio/video/etc available. Also consider vocabulary, and try to provide a range.
3) Thinking about the wider reading programme and how it is being run at the moment, especially around their personal reading time - how to encourage actual reading, and how to monitor/support and involve family/whānau in this.
These are the 3 main areas I will be focusing in the weeks ahead.
Hi Wayne,
ReplyDeleteI hope your last week of term is going well, and that you're looking forward to your term break!
I like your thinking about choosing texts, thinking about the learners in the group and their interests, or the opportunity to use windows/mirrors so that your learners get to see both themselves in the text and also the wider world, to experience other perspectives. Adding a text set to this is another way to get that rounded view - if the topic was friendship, one text where learners 'see themselves,' one text that is a mirror text, and a multimodal text all together could develop the idea of friendship while, while covering a lot of ground. I look forward to seeing how you get on with developing your thinking here further - thank goodness for the holidays!
Have a great break,
Georgie