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Boat Story
By LindaR

Hi k,

What you're describing reminds me of what I saw presented in my Master's Program by Dr. Susan Mandel Glazer to illustrate what kids need to do to comprehend text. I really liked the technique and would like
to do something similar with difficult texts, especially.

Dr. Glazer told a story and used a newspaper folded like a captain's hat (her dad was the captain of a ship....the hat also looked like a boat as she moved it back and forth on the seas. The kids blew like the wind (on her signal) to show how the bow of the boat, then the stern, and finally the mast were blown off by the

wind. Each time, Dr. Glazer would tear off those parts of the boat. After she tore off the mast, she said that all that was left was the captain's shirt, which was the last object when the newspaper was unfolded.

To comprehend text, attending to task was one of the three prerequisites. The boat demonstration was used by Dr. Glazer to show how we must help students attend to task. In this example, the students blew like the wind and repeated the various parts of the boat.

Perhaps contact Dr. Glazer--? Or, contact your local educational store--? Or, google key terms (paper tearing, stories, etc...). I look forward to hearing what others know.

LindaR