Sketch to Stretch
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It allows students to• Monitor their own thinking• Engage prior knowledge• Make connections• Be actively involved with
texts• Share their ideas with
classmates
• Before the reading– Make predictions
• During the reading– Visualize as a listening skill
• After the reading– As a summary tool
• Research shows that interacting with text, making connections and creating your own interpretations of literature enhances comprehension
• Engages artistic and kinesthetic learners
• Heterogeneous grouping• Versatile!
• MODEL Visualization• Read text
– Aloud– In groups– Independently
• Sketch• Share • Reflect as a whole group
• Characters• Interactions• Meaningful / interesting parts• Connections• Predictions• Details • Descriptive language• Captions• Genres
• It’s not about the art!
• Rubrics that allow students to demonstrate their comprehension and relaying it through symbols– Look for themes, crucial
story elements, etc.
• Read the text (think at your level!!)
• As a group, illustrate the most important part
• Share the drawing as well as a rationale for the illustration with the class
• Reflect!
- Did everyone agree on the most important part?
- Why did you choose this part?
- How did having to talk about the text help you to recall/internalize details?
• http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=229
• http://www.learner.org/libraries/makingmeaning/makingmeaning/support/sketch.pdf
• http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/InstrucStrat29.html
• http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf
• http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/Sketch_to_Stretch
• http://www.allamericareads.org/lessonplan/wyw/after/sts.htm
• http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAArtReadingSketchToStretch2up.htm