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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:30:46 -0500
Betsy brought up wordless books, and it reminded me of the experience I had reading to my daughter's first-grade class eight years ago. I went in weekly and had a great time sharing a wide range of titles, but it wasn't until I had built up my confidence with this group that I had the courage to try something wordless, not to mention complex. I took in David Wiesner's "Flotsam," and was amazed in and delighted by the pleasure they got out of collective storymaking (or sensemaking) as they crept closer and closer to see the pictures and talk about what they saw. They were engaged and intrigued in a completely different way than they had been with traditional picture books (which were also successful, and gave us a lot to talk about, but not quite like this).
I'm also thinking about Jon Klassen's "This Is Not My Hat" and "I Want My Hat Back"--books I haven't shared with children (but college students love them!) The way the art opposes the narrative is a great part of the pleasure and point in these books. I'm wondering if someone with more knowledge with the components of visual literacy can talk about what ways books like this might be used to teach elements of visual literacy.
Megan
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:30:46 -0500
Betsy brought up wordless books, and it reminded me of the experience I had reading to my daughter's first-grade class eight years ago. I went in weekly and had a great time sharing a wide range of titles, but it wasn't until I had built up my confidence with this group that I had the courage to try something wordless, not to mention complex. I took in David Wiesner's "Flotsam," and was amazed in and delighted by the pleasure they got out of collective storymaking (or sensemaking) as they crept closer and closer to see the pictures and talk about what they saw. They were engaged and intrigued in a completely different way than they had been with traditional picture books (which were also successful, and gave us a lot to talk about, but not quite like this).
I'm also thinking about Jon Klassen's "This Is Not My Hat" and "I Want My Hat Back"--books I haven't shared with children (but college students love them!) The way the art opposes the narrative is a great part of the pleasure and point in these books. I'm wondering if someone with more knowledge with the components of visual literacy can talk about what ways books like this might be used to teach elements of visual literacy.
Megan
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