Language, Culture, Diversity

The Reading Process

The Reading Process

Cognitive Science- reader’s prior knowledge- reader’s interest and memory

Example: Agree Disagree1.Bees sting _____ _____2.Earth is flat _____ _____3.Tarantulas are _____ _____ Deadly

A Definition of Learning

“Learning is adaptive reorganization in a complex system” (Hutchins, 2000, p. 289)

Accommodation vs. Assimilation

Memory

Memory Aids

Short Term Memory

Linguistics

Cue Systems:• 1. Graphophonic• 2. Syntactic• 3. Semantic

Examples:• 1. “ono”• 2. The dog ______ the cat up a tree.• 3. The large cat was donated to the zoo.

Decoding

Context Morphemic Analysis Phonics Examples:

• Top down decoding

Reader in Control-Context

Once upon a time___there were three little___who went out into the___big world to build___homes and seek their___.

Morphemic Analysis

Semihemidemipedalist

Example:

Most professors would not be called semihemidemipedalists

Phonics

Chalookyu Eensai

Yuno-smaw-keed-time sooo-machmo-preedee-no-damounten wai-yu-fala-lai shcrape-damounten laidat wasetime cha-looook wansanset ha-yugoin-loook wasetime somach bealdeen yuteenk-yu mo-nacho eensai-da-box cha-loook-yu eensai

Yunokan teenschrate weed-awdees conschrapshens hod fobreed yuno yunowai get-somanee axedent yu-mak-om ass-wai cha-lookyu eensai how-mach-peepos-now mabe-assa-chrabo mobeta-os-stop makeen-bebe bambai da-house-broke

Text in Control

Cha-loook-yu ousai da-turees de-wenfoget nokan-fine paradise ousai ousai-wea ousai yu howkan ere-teeng eensai ass-jalai srrrfeen-ah wen-yu get-wan goooood ride ass-leeveen ah

Ass-wachu-col eensai yu-wenfoget-lov owat assakine-yuno wakine cha-loook-yu eensai

Text Structure

Narration Expository Structures & Signal Words

• Cause-Effect• Comparison/Contrast• Time Order• Problem-Solution

Importance of Text Structures

Reading like a writer Being able to comprehend diverse

texts Example:

• Certain plants need an environment with constant, moderate temperature and high humidity or they will die. Consequently, a greenhouse is ideal for these plants.

When Text Structure Won’t Work

Internet sites are organized by idiosyncratic design (vs. predictable text structures)

Guided Internet reading and searches:• Assume students will get lost• Start by scaffolding via WebQuests• See <http://webquest.sdsu.edu>

The SORT Strategy: Searching Online Reading Texts

Developing students’ successful independent Internet searches:• Step 1. Type your key word in to your

search engine (Google, Bing etc.) e.g. Judge Roy Bean

• Step 2. Skim your search results and eliminate unrelated sites

• Step 3. Open the remaining sites and take notes (using your computer’s clipboard)

SORT Cont’d

Step 4. Bookmark each site you visit so you can backtrack if you need to

Step 5. Stop when the information at various sites starts to overlap

Detailed example at:• Walker, N. T., Bean, T. W., & Dillard, B. (2010). When

textbooks fall short: New ways, new texts, new sources of information in the content areas. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Levels of Comprehension

Right on the page Think and search On your own So what?

Comprehension

Lemming Passage Questions

How often does a mass lemming migration occur? (right on page)

What would you do if you lived in a nearby seaport town about to be overrun by lemmings? (on your own)

Lemmings on Vacation

Lifepreserver Lemming

Lemmings