Think Aloud- Week 6

T: To help the student understand different genres, such as Mysteries, you would implement ideas from the Inquiry Square.
Mysteries may be the most common known genre to students today. So much of what they see on TV, games, or books deals with a lot of mystery.
1) Access background information/knowledge:
Question students about movies, games, etc... that deal with mystery. Explain that there must be a resolution to a particular puzzle that needs to be solved.
2) Put content into mental structure:
The teacher can allow the students to play the game "Clue". This is a great ex. of what a mystery is and how solving one comes about.
3) Articulate meaning of the text:
The students can use context "clues" to generate meaning of the text. Pictures or other graphic information, such as "mapping, KWL, etc.. are great ways to teach meaning.
4) Name the structure of the text and how the construction helped communicate authors meaning:
Students must notice and make meaning with the codes offered , they must notice the various forms of evidence and evaluate them: they must notice inference gaps and try to fill them.
In order for readers to understand mysteries, they must put the puzzle pieces offered by the author together to figure out the mystery. This allows the reader to take moral satisfaction from the solution to the mystery.
Michelle