Read Alouds
Read AloudsThe article "Maximizing the Effectiveness of Reading Aloud" by Holly Lane and Tyran Wright discusses the benefits of reading aloud to students and explains how to effectively get the most out of your read aloud time. The article talks about how research shows that reading aloud to students increases vocabulary, increases listening comprehension, and promotes syntactic development. The article also examines how to get the most out of this time. To do this, the teacher must evaluate whether or not they are choosing quality literature and literature that aligns with what they are intending to teach. The authors also talk about how a read aloud should be done. Specifically, the author talks about immediate and nonimmediate talks. Immediate talk is specifically answering questions about the text and labeling pictures. Nonimmediate talk goes beyond the text and revolves around word meanings, predictions, and textual connections. The author suggests that both of these should be used. Fantasy TextIn chapter 5 of Children's Literature: A Brief Guide, the author discusses fantasy text. The overall theme of the chapter is that quality fantasy, while existing in imaginary worlds, still often speaks to real life difficulties that people face every day. The author describes each subgenre of fantasy and then explains how to evaluate fantasy. Fantasy should follow the rules of fiction. One of the main concerns is that the author makes the story believable to the reader. Additional detail has to be considered for the setting and to the logic that surrounds the story.
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