This strategy is meant to help students really imagine what they read, becoming active readers, who feel what is going on in the book, what an author is trying to convey, and hopefully making them reader who are not always aware that they are reading words on a page at all. In this activity, students are presented with an object that they must describe vividly. This is progressed into imagining then describing an object at home, this is moved to describing this object in a real time scene of motion, going over all the sensations activated by this activity. Once this is done, the teacher does a read aloud, where he/she reads some writing out loud and shares his/her inner imaginary dialogue with the class in order to model this process for them. Eventually students are asked to do the same on their own. I really like it because it is one of the few activities that I've come across that deals directly with making reading a fun and very rewarding experience, as well as improving student's critical literary ability.
Source:
Buehl, D. (2009). Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning (third ed. , pp. 90-92). International Reading Association, Inc.
Comments (4)
It sounds 'like this approach will help students visualize the story better as well as help them connect to the literature. It would also help them in understanding and recreating imagery
Posted by James Clevenger | March 17, 2010 4:03 PM
Posted on March 17, 2010 16:03
I like this idea as well. It provides an opportunity for students to become active in their reading and have fun in the process.
Posted by Lindsey Dimmette | March 17, 2010 6:18 PM
Posted on March 17, 2010 18:18
I would not only use this for reading a book but also for poetry. Since poetry is always are hard genre to teach, the more interaction and thinking you can get about what the author is talking about and visualizing then the better understanding for the students.
Posted by Lyndsey Tice | March 17, 2010 9:38 PM
Posted on March 17, 2010 21:38
This idea sounds great. Active reading is a hard task. It is important we have a lot of ways to help students practice this skill. I would also use it for other areas like poetry as well.
Posted by Danielle Presnell | March 18, 2010 5:31 PM
Posted on March 18, 2010 17:31