mini lesson: good readers visualize or create mental images to make meaning of their reading
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Mini Lesson:
Good readers VISUALIZE or create mental images to make meaning
of their reading.
Thinking StrategiesHow we make sense of the world around us.
QuestioningVisualizingConnectingInferringPredictingConcluding
Reading Strategy: Visualize
What you “see” in your mind when you read a text.
The mental movie you have running in your mind as you read.
Use your imagination and five senses!Your mind focuses its mental images
mainly on characters and setting.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
What do you see in your mind (visualize)?“Sitting at Prim’s knees, guarding her, is the world’s ugliest cat. Mashed-in nose, half of one ear missing, eyes the color of rotting squash. Prim named him Buttercup, insisting that his muddy yellow coat matched the bright flower. He hates me. Or at least distrusts me.”
Thinking Stems: Visualizing
In my mind, I see ____________ because…
I picture _______ in my mind because…
I can imagine _________ because…The picture in my mind includes _____
because…The movie in my mind has ________
because…The author’s choice of words, like
_______, paint a picture in my mind because …
If this were a scene in a movie, then ____ because…
Two ways to visualize as you read your PCR book:
Words that
describe your
mental image.
“In my mind, I see…”
Originaldrawings of your mental images
TURN AND TALK:Share some visualizations from today’s reading.