Digging up context
Pre-reading research tasks leading to group presentations.
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Review this resourceThe headings of these investigation cards can be used for any text and this is the first exercise that students do for any text that they will need to study in detail.
Without some basic knowledge of "the life and times" of the author they will miss many allusions and straight-forward references that contribute to their understanding of the whole.
If we finish this near the end of term I often choose to investigate - probably the most popular genre for TV - plus film and radio and short stories.
This is one area where you can buy accessible books for the poorer readers. There are many adaptions of his stories into easier readers PLUS the fact that these are available in large print editions for those with poor sight.
I have a number of texts that I have reworked into electronic copies that I produce in font 12/14 and double spaced. Too many poor readers can't cope with small print and a mass of text. They can however, cope with text presented in this manner.
Without some basic knowledge of "the life and times" of the author they will miss many allusions and straight-forward references that contribute to their understanding of the whole.
If we finish this near the end of term I often choose to investigate - probably the most popular genre for TV - plus film and radio and short stories.
This is one area where you can buy accessible books for the poorer readers. There are many adaptions of his stories into easier readers PLUS the fact that these are available in large print editions for those with poor sight.
I have a number of texts that I have reworked into electronic copies that I produce in font 12/14 and double spaced. Too many poor readers can't cope with small print and a mass of text. They can however, cope with text presented in this manner.
18/07/2013
