[LIT] blog / sensory language

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I haven't used it, but I found Allen's explanation on page 60 in "Words, 
Words, Words". She suggests that it's a helpful chart for students "who have 
difficulty getting the impact of a story, poem, or historical event because 
they have difficulty visualizing the situation or empathizing with the 
characters. ... asked students to close their eyes and imagine they were the 
main character.... what do you see...hear in the room above you... smell... 
taste... touch...."   Students can see how "changing one word [they use] can 
change the entire tone or context."

Here is a link to the appendixes - The SLChart is appendix E.20.
http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfs/0085appe.pdf

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill IVEY" <bivey at sbschool.org>
To: <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 8:42 PM
Subject: [LIT] blog / sensory language


> Hi!
>
> On MiddleTalk, Jill Spencer shared the URL for a blog on literacy> 
> strategies which is being kept by student-teachers in her class:
> http://literacystrategies.blogspot.com/
> It is a model of good teaching, and helpful reading for anyone interested> 
> in literacy.
>
> Her student Michelle posted an entry that refers to Allen's sensory> 
> language chart in a lesson on sensory images in poetry. I'm not familiar> 
> with this resource - is there someone out there who has used it and could
> explain how it works? Thank you!
>
> Take care,
> Bill Ivey
> Stoneleigh-Burnham School
>
>
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