[MOSAIC] Another mosaic: The reading-writing connection

[Bill Roberts]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beverlee Paul" <beverleepaul at hotmail.com>


>....I am not so sure reading is  receptive.  Of course, it starts out as 
>receptive as the reader receives the
> input (the author's text).  BUT then I tend to believe it becomes 
> expressive.  What happens in the reader's mind following, and during, the 
> reading is a construction, albeit re-construction, of the author's 
> message.


I think differently....reading is NOT a reconstruction of the author's 
meaning because a reader can't really know the author's purpose.  A reader 
can assume a meaning, but it is TOTALLY NEW meaning built on the framework 
of the author's work AND the schema of the reader.   It's a synthesis of 
both.

Nancy said,  "The receptive is easier to master than the expressive but both 
are necessary and should be integrated rather than compartmentalized..." 
but I also disagree with this comment.  Receptive is easy to DO, that's why 
so many kids can sound out what they are reading, but not remember any of it 
(or in the case of writing, copy styles).  I don't know if "master" is the 
word I would use since it implies importance.  Whether BOTH are necessary, 
both are only needed in early stages of reading and writing.  WHAT IS 
NECESSARY is the EXPRESSIVE --- creating something personal from the reading 
and writing.

Bill