How do we activate and connect learning?

Week 11TCH 306

Activating and Connecting

How?

• “Provide students with opportunities to think and talk about ideas that are part of the cultural context within which text carries meaning” RTL pg.52

Consider POV

More…

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=il5hwpdJMcg

• http://www.newsy.com/videos/columbus_day_changes_over_time/

What is more “typical”

Reader ResponseTransactional Theory- the act of reading involves

a transaction between the reader and the text. Each "transaction" is a unique experience in which the reader and text continuously act and are acted upon by each other.– A written work does not have the same meaning for every reader– Each reader brings individual background knowledge, beliefs, and

context to a reading

From the work of Louise Rosenblatt

Ideas for Reader Response

Your lessons

• What ideas are present in your lesson(s)?– Reflect on what you have done and what you can

do in your future lessons to actively engage and connect your lessons with your students.

– Discuss with your groups– Using the information from the chapter,

brainstorm ideas for the “activating and connecting” portions of your lessons

Next Week

• Monday– No Full class meeting; meet with your lesson

groups• Weds– Readings as assigned on wiki