[English] PoLT Component 4

Scott Bulfin scott.bulfin at education.monash.edu.au
Wed May 31 16:49:00 EST 2006


gee that is pretty rough! no attachments!
On 31/05/2006, at 4:03 PM, Laurel Harrison wrote:

> At our school we are unable to receive attached documents. Would you 
> copy this into the body of the text so that I can see it as I am 
> interested in this method.
>
> Regards Laurel Harrison
> MacKillop College
> Swan Hill
>
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> From: english-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Janet McCurry
> Sent: Wed 31/05/2006 12:15 PM
> To: english at edulists.com.au
> Subject: Re: [English] PoLT Component 4
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> Using cartoons scaffolded with  three level guides is just the ticket 
> for encouraging kids to think deeply about human experience andthe way 
> this is represented in text.  (Political) Cartoons are such a 
> concentrated form and the 3 level guide can be adapted so that the 
> students are forced to be attentive to the details included in the 
> image and bit by bit they are supported through literal, inferential 
> and conceptual, so that they can complete a short piece of writing 
> about the conceptual statement.  My version of a 3 level cartoon guide 
> is attached: students have to identify whether the statements are true 
> or false.  If false, the students rewrite them so that they're true.  
> (I often get the first and second categories confused but I really 
> don't think that matters.)
>
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