edrg 3321 monday night
an important thing that stuck out to me in chapter 4 was the section on interests. we all know that the curriculum that is taught has certain requirements that calls for certain pieces of literature to be read in class. many of these pieces of lit are just plain out boring. we all remember how it was in highschool. we were all forced to read stuff that we didn't care about or had no interest in. this is where many teachers make the mistake of assuming that their students don't have good comprehension skills and unecessry labels get placed on them. this is sad because their comprehension level isn't the problem, it's the literature that is the problem. the students are choosing to not comprehend because they have no interest in what is going on. teachers need to really know what their students enjoy and what exciting things that everyone is talking about so that they are able to integrate that into the literature. ms. pickett uses the example of twilight all the time, she must really have a thing for that vampire. lmao :) but it's a great example because if students are in to that at the time, then you may as well integrate it into your lesson. anything can be made instructional so we need to just need to use our imagination and make literature fun in all grades.
an important thing that stuck out to me in chapter 4 was the section on interests. we all know that the curriculum that is taught has certain requirements that calls for certain pieces of literature to be read in class. many of these pieces of lit are just plain out boring. we all remember how it was in highschool. we were all forced to read stuff that we didn't care about or had no interest in. this is where many teachers make the mistake of assuming that their students don't have good comprehension skills and unecessry labels get placed on them. this is sad because their comprehension level isn't the problem, it's the literature that is the problem. the students are choosing to not comprehend because they have no interest in what is going on. teachers need to really know what their students enjoy and what exciting things that everyone is talking about so that they are able to integrate that into the literature. ms. pickett uses the example of twilight all the time, she must really have a thing for that vampire. lmao :) but it's a great example because if students are in to that at the time, then you may as well integrate it into your lesson. anything can be made instructional so we need to just need to use our imagination and make literature fun in all grades.
author profile: Phillip Yates
A Pirate's Night Before Christmas by Phillip Yates is an extraordinary entertaining book that reinvents The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore. Rather than children waiting at home for santa, Yates comes up with a brilliant idea by having a group of grown pirates wait up for a legendary pirate to bring them christmas gifts. The robbing and killing is out the window for this group of pirates as they celebrate the arrival of their gifts. This santa claus impersonator comes out of the water being pulled on a sled by sea horses. the pirates rejoice, sing, and feast as they celebrate christmas. this is a great story filled with rhymes and laughter. Yates does a really good job. Phillip Yates has a great website with a lot of surprising information about him. You will find that he was a class clown in elementary school and often got into a lot of trouble. You will also find that his father directed "American Bandstand" and Phillip had the oppurtunity to meet the beach boys. Check out the url. http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/11/author-interview-philip-yates-on.html
A Pirate's Night Before Christmas by Phillip Yates is an extraordinary entertaining book that reinvents The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore. Rather than children waiting at home for santa, Yates comes up with a brilliant idea by having a group of grown pirates wait up for a legendary pirate to bring them christmas gifts. The robbing and killing is out the window for this group of pirates as they celebrate the arrival of their gifts. This santa claus impersonator comes out of the water being pulled on a sled by sea horses. the pirates rejoice, sing, and feast as they celebrate christmas. this is a great story filled with rhymes and laughter. Yates does a really good job. Phillip Yates has a great website with a lot of surprising information about him. You will find that he was a class clown in elementary school and often got into a lot of trouble. You will also find that his father directed "American Bandstand" and Phillip had the oppurtunity to meet the beach boys. Check out the url. http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2008/11/author-interview-philip-yates-on.html
I'm glad that you see that students need to enjoy reading. Reading is fun because it allows you a way to "get away" from your real life, and allows you to imagine.
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