[MOSAIC] synthesizing

[underdown]

I do this lesson as a shared reading experience.  I have enlarged about 10 
pages from the beginning of the book.  To introduce the lesson I talk about 
what it means to snythesize information.  How we have to use all of the 
reading strategies in order to make meaning.  I have an overhead that says, 
"Readers use thinking strategies" to make meaning.  Each word, phrase, 
sentence, adds to the whole picture.  Meaning becomes clear as the reader 
creates images, infers, decides what's important, asks questions, makes 
connections.  We call this synthesis."  Basically we go through as much of the 
text as we can in a class period using MOT strategies and synthesizing...I 
model the first few pages and then students try it themselves.  It is a good 
piece of text to use for synthesis with middle school students. It really 
holds their attention.

Barb

   On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:58:52 -0500
  Joel Hootman <abeljhootman at mdeca.org> wrote:
> Love this idea, and know this book.  Could you elaborate on the ways  
> you use the book?
> On Wednesday, November 1, 2006, at 10:17 AM, underdown wrote:
> 
>> I love the book Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson.  It is a story in  
>> poems and
>> meaning changes as the reader gets information about the main  
>> character's
>> life.  I've used it to model synthesis for 7th graders.
>>
>> Barb
>>
>> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:48:59 EST
>>   KerryD78 at aol.com wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any lesson ideas for teaching synthesizing to 5th   
>>> graders?
>>>
>>> This is the strategy I struggle with the most.  Any ideas at  all  
>>> would be
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kerry/5th
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