[MOSAIC] Nancy Atwell

[Kukonis at aol.com]

I think another added benefit in direct relation to strategy  instruction is 
the payoff when kids are writing. A well developed thinking  voice helps 
structure a story and provides direction to implant needed  author craft. Not only 
that, the reader is ever present in the writer's mind  when strategies are in 
place.
 
This inside outside type of thinking in my mind provides a window into a  
child's level of proficiency. Not only can a student identify and use a strategy  
to understand text but actually direct and create his own text guided by the  
strategy . 
 
...a "coat-rack" approach rather than emphasis on skill and drill.. a  
framework on which to hang concepts basic to all text.  Instead of graphic  
organizers based on strategies ... a synthesis of strategies and the creation of  text.
 
 



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