Hocked gems financing him, our hero defied the scornful laughter. “Think of it as an egg, not a table,” he said. Then three sturdy sisters sought proof, forging over vast calmness, and sometimes over turbulent peaks and valleys, until at last welcome winged creatures appeared, signifying monumental success.
It was a challenge reading this paragraph. When reading I thought the hocked gems were maybe councilmen working with a King. I think we should think of the kingdom being an egg and not a table. I think the three sturdy sisters are the kings three daughters, therefore, they are all princesses. I think the winged creatures sare fairy-godmothers that came to visit the princesses. I know this might be very far off my idea but I think that everyone has a different take on things that are of the unknown. If I was to use this passage in my classroom I would have to activate the schema of fairytales with them. Get a sense from my students what fairy tales they may have read, watched, or heard about. I think if you run across schema's that do not match with students you can help create a new schema for them by showing pictures or video clips to enhance their learning. I believe students should spend a significant amount of time reading text that falls outside of their comfort zone. There is no opportunity for them to create new schema if they aren't spending time with ideas that are not comfortable for them. Students would get bored with reading if they only read about the same topics or ideas. It would become too redundant. I think reading should be fun yet challenging!
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteYou had an interesting view on what this passage meant. You used your schema of fairytales and fit it into the passage. This is a great example of what students would do in the classroom if they do not know what something means. They would try to fit it into what they know. Even if their interpretation was incorrect, I would still give them credit because they tried and put forth the effort. They took what they knew and used that knowledge to help them understand something.