Modes of engagement
- Multi modal Sites - have a range of media / activities to cater for learning styles or what will attract a variety of learners.
- Multi textual
Websites with links to a variety of sites that students can use to explore further.
Wonderopolis May be at a better level and more engaging for my learners than Kiwi Kids News.
Great safe way for them to practise writing search questions.
Multi Textual Reading
- Provide "Main" text
- Add complimentary text - to build up knowledge (go wide)
- Scaffolding text - glossaries or Junior Journal, unpack etc
- Extension - in-depth text focussed on one element
- Student choice - pick a text (boxes of books provided or websites)
- Additional texts - videos/images "multi modal"
Plan and create a multi-textual / multi-modal reading lesson.
Really excited about using the Mutli-textual model to extend and scaffold my readers. Really relevant as we have just started reading The BFG and I was wanting ideas on engaging my learners and helping them access and understand the text more. Some need basic comprehension skills and some are ready for extension and exploring concepts and themes with more depth
Kia ora Jenna! Great workshop today - I thoroughly enjoyed the multimodal & multitext talk, how we can use various texts to support our readers. The google sites for your main text 'BFG' looks great! I've started reading this book to my class, will definitely use your activities that you have set up. Look forward to hearing your outcome next term. Have a good break!
ReplyDeleteps> thanks for recommending www.wonderopolis.org (I haven't used this yet).
Kia ora, thanks for the feedback. I'd love to hear how you are getting on with the BFG and your class.
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