On page 123, the strategy of having the students ask "lingering questions" after finishing a reading, where the students stop and think about some things about the text that they are still wondering about. I think this is great strategy, because instead of just having the reading finished as the goal, this challenges the students to think beyond the text about what else might be missing, or what other thinking can stem from a reading. I think the best way to expose these lingering questions would be to hold a free discussion amongst the students where they are free to ask these lingering questions to the other students. By asking the other students, rather than just the teacher, the students can begin to understand how other students interpret texts in different ways and may have similar or different questions. As the students perform this discussion, it would be great if the students would then challenge each other's thinking by asking good authentic questions (such as "can you elaborate more about your thinking").
What do agree with this strategy for exposing lingering questions? Can you think of other and possibly better ways to work with lingering questions? What makes you think that another way would work better, or why do you agree strategy?
After looking over the readings and Matt's post, authentic strategies are a very key piece of what our Literacy unit needs. I am a fan of lingering questions. Lingering questions seem to be a good way for students to reflect and examine what the text is trying to say. When I look at lingering questions strategies, I like to use post-it's to help keep track fo where I should stop and work with my students. I really like this technique too because it helps focus on more of a goal to the text. My unit is focusing on Fables and I plan on using these techniques because I am going to try and have students figure out the main goal or moral of the story. I also like using strategies such as Text-to-Self and Think-Pair-Share strategies. They really help keep track of students thoughts and feelings within a text. I don't necessarily believe that these are better techniques, but I also think that used correctly, all of these techniques play important roles into what you want students to get out of texts.
ReplyDeleteI think that some of these strategies would be useful for the MEAP. Unfortunately MEAP is more of a read and then answer questions type text. I really wish it were laid out differently and that students were asked more about what they wanted throughout the story. Kind of a confusing aspect, but sometimes standardized texts are viewed more of a type that is to trick students over helping them understand and show comprehension.