Overview

Visualization has not been a common word in most classroom reading programs. In recent years, however, the impact of visualization on student comprehension has gained greater awareness among reading educators. This compact, easy-to-use book helps teachers understand visualization and how to apply the strategies in their classrooms.Includes 57 lessons arranged within 13 goals, assessments for the goals, and rubrics to score the assessments. Also contains links to literature questions and cues to use with students. Visualization, by Linda L. Zeigler and Jerry L. Johns, is intended to help classroom teachers, reading specialists, and other professionals who are involved in creating and delivering high-quality reading instruction to students. The book can be used for staff development programs and as a supplemental in a wide variety of reading courses at colleges and universities.

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Author:   Linda Zeigler ,  Jerry Johns
Publisher:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
ISBN:  

9780757509353

ISBN 10:   0757509355
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   30 June 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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Table of Contents

Preface About the Authors Acknowledgments Visualization Overview STAGE 1 REALIZING Overview Goal 1: To help students realize that they use visualization to remember images or experiences from their lives. Lessons 1: It's Your Life 2: What's in the Box? 3: Picture This 4: Own the Object Reinforcing Goal 1 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Assessment for Goal 1 Rubric to Score the Assessment for Goal 1 Samples of Student Assessment Results Goal 2: To help students realize that mental images are created by imagination and prior knowledge. Lessons 1: Stimulating the Imagination 2: Bubble Experiences 3: Let's Pretend 4: You Can Imagine Reinforcing Goal 2 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Assessment for Goal 2 Rubric to Score the Assessment for Goal 2 Samples of Student Assessment Results Goal 3: To help students realize that mental images can be created while listening or reading. Lessons 1: Picture Power 2: Who Said That? 3: See the Setting 4: Hear It, See It Reinforcing Goal 3 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Assessment for Goal 3 Rubric to Score the Assessment for Goal 3 Samples of Student Assessment Results STAGE 2 UNDERSTANDING Overview Goal 4: To help students understand that images move and change during reading. Lessons 1: Change It Up 2: Past/Present/Future 3: Act It Out 4: Setting Changes 5: Divide and Conquer 6: Stop and Draw Reinforcing Goal 4 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Assessment for Goal 4 Rubric to Score the Assessment for Goal 4 Samples of Student Assessment Results Goal 5: To help students form mental images in greater detail. Lessons 1: In the Beginning 2: Look and Touch 3: Rock On 4: Similar Details 5: See the Sentence Reinforcing Goal 5 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Assessment for Goal 5 Rubric to Score the Assessment for Goal 5 Samples of Student Assessment Results Goal 6: To help students use all five senses to create images. Lessons 1: Discover the Senses 2: Connecting the Senses to Text 3: Sense Cards 4: Sense Cards and Inference Reinforcing Goal 6 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Assessment for Goal 6 Rubric to Score the Assessment for Goal 6 Samples of Student Assessment Results Goal 7: To help students identify and use eight basic emotions to remember images. Lessons 1: Guess the Emotions 2: Find the Feeling 3: Emotion Continuums 4: Spot the Feeling Words 5: Remember When Reinforcing Goal 7 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Assessment for Goal 7 Rubric to Score the Assessment for Goal 7 Samples of Student Assessment Results Goal 8: To help students understand that images must be created to match the text, rather than over-relying on their prior knowledge. Lessons 1: It Must Match 2: Confusion 3: What You Know May Not Go Reinforcing Goal 8 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Assessment for Goal 8 Rubric to Score the Assessment for Goal 8 Samples of Student Assessment Results Goal 9: To help students understand that imaging varies for narrative, informational, and other text structures. Lessons 1: Understanding the Parts of a Narrative 2: Connecting the Parts of a Narrative 3: Movie Time 4: Parts of Informational Text 5: Documentary Time 6: Parts of Technical Text 7: Parts of Persuasive Text Reinforcing Goal 9 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Assessment for Goal 9 Rubric to Score the Assessment for Goal 9 SAMPLES OF STUDENT ASSESSMENT RESULTS STAGE 3 APPLYING Overview Goal 10: To help students use visual images as a foundation to help them predict, draw conclusions, infer, and evaluate text. Lessons 1: Put the Clues Together 2: What Do You Think? 3: Why Laugh? 4: Predict Differently 5: Questions and Answers Reinforcing Goal 10 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Goal 11: To help students use visualization as a strategy to enhance learning throughout the curriculum. Lessons 1: Visualize for Writing 2: Visualize for Art 3: Visualize for Social Studies 4: Visualize for Math 5: Visualize for Science Reinforcing Goal 11 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Goal 12: To help students use visual imagery with figurative language and analogies to better understand a process or a new concept. Lessons 1: Making Heads or Tails Out of Idioms 2: Personification Intrigues the Imagination 3: Similes and Metaphors Are Images 4: Analogies Promote Higher-Level Thinking 5: A Sandwich? Reinforcing Goal 12 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Goal 13: To help students use visualization to envision, dream, or imagine new thoughts and ideas. Lessons 1: Invention through Imagination 2: Reflect to Connect 3: Visual Freedom and Creativity Reinforcing Goal 13 Linking Literature Using Questions and Cues Assessment for the Application Stage Rubric to Score the Application Stage Samples of Student Assessment Results References Index

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