[Understand] text structures

[mary mullin]

Thanks for sharing this way to explain biographies to children. My 2nd grade
level has been struggling how to make biographies understandable. The image
of a staircase is brillant and I know you referred to Peter's idea of the
dresser. What makes this mail ring so special is that sharing a simple
visual clue such as a dresser or staircase will make help teachers make
different text structures accessible to primary students. mary

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:38 PM, <CNJPALMER at aol.com> wrote:

> I know Ellin believes it is important for students to understand how texts
> are organized. A colleague and I are planning to use the analogy of a set
> of
> stairs to help second graders understand the chronological text structure
> of
> some simple biographies our students will be reading. We thought stairs
> show
> that the order of ideas matters when making sense of this kind of text...
> and
> how the ideas build...you see how the events in someone's life influence
> later
>  events and while you can "jump the steps" to look at just a certain time
> period  in someone's life, you need to read from beginning to end to get
> the full
>  picture of the significance of someone's life. Does that make sense?
>
> What do you all do to teach text structures with your students?
> Jennifer
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