Reading
- Key Comprehension Strategies to Teach, "Activating and Using Background Knowledge" By: Texas Education Agency
- Knowledge Transfer and Reading: Implications of the transactional theory of reading for research and practice by S. Gourlay (PDF) Pages 4-8 only!
- But I'm Not a Reading Teacher: Chapter 1 by Amy Benjamin
Learning Activity 1-D-1
The Day Planner
[Forum]
20 points
Explore the Day Planner interactivity. Please note that it will open in a new window.
Now, think about the following questions:
- what is the gender of the person writing in the day planner?
- are they married or single? Have children?
- does their day end happily, frustrated, or unhappily?
- what kind of job they do they have? what clues are you given?
- is this in the current time frame, in the past, or in the future?
In a post to the forum, develop a story based upon the information contained in the day planner. Respond by comparing and contrasting your story with two of your classmates' stories. Speculate why your story was different than theirs by using Schema and Transactive Theories.