[MOSAIC] study group

[Carol Carlson]

What about first doing a KWL type chart? Or some kind of chart  
provides you, the facilitator, with a form of preassessment.
Then, I like Dave's idea, but I'd try to find a short article and ask  
people to read, stop, and write down their thinking. I'd try to find  
something from the newspaper that is current and interesting to them.  
I find it's better to focus on one piece where they all have a common  
experience. Then, you can also compare how different readers with  
different backgrounds react to the reading.
Carol

On Oct 22, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Dave Middlebrook wrote:

> Mosaic is about really engaging in reading -- and about talking  
> about your
> reading, sharing observations, etc.  So why not start by asking  
> everying to
> talk a bit about something recent from their reading.  It could be  
> a novel,
> or a poem, or a journal article, a particularly interesting article  
> from
> last Sunday's newspaper, or a textbook that they are preparing to  
> use in
> class.  Or maybe they saw something on TV that really got them  
> going.  For
> example, I like PBS shows like Front Line, Air, POV, and Charlie  
> Rose.  Lots
> to talk about there.  Lots of connections, questions, inferences,  
> insights,
> etc.  The point is to get people talking about about how they  
> engage and
> think about the world around them -- more about how they think than  
> what
> they think.
>
> If people don't hold back, this could be a lot of fun.  It could  
> also be a
> good ice breaker.  And it will set the context nicely for a  
> discussion about
> Mosaic of Thought.
>
> Whatever you do, I hope you get your study group off to a good  
> start.  Good
> luck!.
>
> Dave Middlebrook
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Forsyth" <yogibp at msn.com>
> To: <Mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 6:39 PM
> Subject: [MOSAIC] study group
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>
>> Hi,
>> I'm conducting a study group  for 5-8th grade teachers who don't  
>> have  the
>> book Mosaic of thought in their hands  yet. They will have the book
>> shortly, but I need to met with them this week for an hour. Does  
>> any one
>> have any ideas on what I should do with them?    I was thinking of  
>> just
>> giving them an overview of the book........That seems so boring to  
>> me. Any
>> ideas?
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