[ProfessionalDevelopment 786] Re: Movies and texts about low-literateadults Martha Jeanbonniesophia at comcast.net bonniesophia at comcast.netThu Jan 25 14:06:11 EST 2007
Sorry, the link didn't work--possibly because it included only Tea and not chers? Bonnie Odiorne -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Martha Jean" <mjean at communityactioninc.org> > IE Great Books! > > I wanted to let others know about the wonderful experience my students > and I are having with The Life of PI. My ABE 1 class (ranges from low > level readers to waiting-for-room-in-the-Pre/GED class) has been > listening to me read as they followed in their own book, about twice a > week since September.(My class is Mon-Thursday 9am -11:15am) I've done > vocabulary activities for almost every chapter, we've done repeated > visualizing for comprehension and recall, we've gone on the Internet to > find pictures of sloths, tigers, and hyenas as well as Krishna, and > Shiva, and we created our own temple like Pi's home. ( students and I > brought in: a Muslim prayer mat, a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a > statue of the elephant head four armed Ganesha,etc) My expectation for > most is not for them to read at this level, but to experience higher > level reading for the pleasure of a good story and to develop vocabulary > and comprehension skills. Yesterday, as we got into the story of how Pi > ended up on a lifeboat with a zebra, orang-utan, hyena, and tiger, my > students were clearly caught up in the drama of the story. Then I had > that teacher's thrill to see one student keep reading when I stopped for > break. All my students take the book with them when they move on to > Pre-GED. Today we find out what happens to the maddened hyena!!! Oh the > pleasure of a good book! Martha Jean > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov > [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of David J. > Rosen > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 8:18 AM > To: professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov > Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 760] Movies and texts about > low-literateadults > > Professional Development Colleagues, > > Several weeks ago I asked about books and movies that inspired you as a > teacher. We had a rich and interesting discussion that produced a > terrific list that I have archived on the Adult Literacy Education Wiki > at > > http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Books_and_Films_which_Inspire_Tea > chers > > I hope you -- and others -- will help now with another question. Can > you recommend good books or movies (or scenes from movies) that you > believe authentically capture the experience of an adult learning to > read, write or compute. The film "Stanley and Iris" comes to mind, for > example. For some it is an authentic example, for others it is > inauthentic. I am also interested to hear about scenes from films that > you believe are inauthentic, or that just plain get it wrong, and I > would like to know what you think was inauthentic about it. I would > also appreciate hearing from people who learned (or are learning) to > read as adults. From your experience as a person who has learned to > read as an adult, what texts, what films ring true? Which don't? > > Those of you who teach adult new readers might be willing to take this > question to your students and post back to the list what they say. > > Thanks for your help. > > David J. Rosen > djrosen at comcast.net > > ---------------------------------------------------- > National Institute for Literacy > Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list > ProfessionalDevelopment at nifl.gov To unsubscribe or change your > subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment > > Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki > http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Adult_Literacy_Professional_Devel > opment > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > National Institute for Literacy > Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list > ProfessionalDevelopment at nifl.gov > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment > > Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki > http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Adult_Literacy_Professional_Development -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20070125/42ed4306/attachment.html
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