Monday, September 17, 2007

Week 1 - Wilhelm Ch. 3

Chapter Three - The Dimensions of the Reader's Response

I like that Wilhelm opens the chapter with an activities list; teacher journal, literary letters, think-aloud protocols, free-response protocols, cued-response protocols, two-column written protocols, and visual protocols. I like that he presents the activity with a description so that we can take the information and put it to use within our own classrooms. I also really liked the SSR mentioned in this chapter. It is similar to something we discussed in ED 301, and I believe it has very practical uses within the classroom. Asking a student to create something (while giving them creative freedom) on what they have read is a way to see how the student visualizes and relates to a certain text. I find this the most practical chapter out of the three we read because it gives ideas and ways to apply them within a classroom.

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