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| Write Around |
We participated in one as a pre-reading activity. A photo or image was put in the center of a piece of chart paper. Groups of four are ideal but we had a few more. Everyone uses a different color marker and takes turns responding to the image. You can write what you think about the photo, your questions, your inferences or theories. Groups members are to start new ideas or respond to yours already written there.
She encouraged us to respond to what other people wrote by elaborating on their writing and taking turns as well. Zoom in on one portion of the photograph and write about it. What are you now noticing about just this part? Move around the table or rotate the chart Read what another reader has written and respond.
You could begin:
I agree with...
I disagree with..
One question I have is...
What have you learned in other parts of your life that you can relate to this?
What’s an idea you are now having?
I think...
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| The Babe & ! |
The "Write Around" strategy is a great pre-reading activity but it can also be used as a debate format about a controversial issue. Sharing their ideas and building on others' ideas. Or you can use it as an end of unit activity for a read aloud or content area. Students take turns write and responding to each other about what they learned or how their thinking has changed at the beginning of the unit or read aloud. Can you see using "Write Around" easily in your classroom?
Cross posted on Once Upon a Teacher
6 comments:
Have never used this strategy but would love to try it! PLease let me know if anyone at Chets tries it. I'd love to know how it goes.
Just saw a related/similar strategy called "table texting". Drawing the analogy to texting was meant to encourage the conversation aspects, as opposed to just adding their own, unrelated comments. Love it! :)
I think it would be a good idea to have students do this activity before a read aloud, then again after they have learned more about the topic. For example, in fourth grade, students learn about civil rights. It would be fun for students to notice how their ideas/opinions have changed or they have deeper thoughts about a topic after reading a book.
Christine, another strategy to add to our Before and After reading strategies! I like it! - Dorry
I'm also thinking that this would be a good writing activity. Looking at a picture and describing/inferring what is happening and what clues helped us to figure it out. Then students could use similar clues in their own writing to show rather than tell. For example, what is the character feeling in this picture? How do you know this? What clues could you provide your reader to give them an idea of what your character is feeling?
What a great pre-reading activity! I can not wait to try this in our classroom. Thanks for sharing!
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