Retelling+Activity

**Assignment to accompany the reading of “Teaching expository text structures through information trade book retellings” by Barbara Moss (The Reading Teacher, 2004)** As you __prepare to read__ (or reread) the article, be sure to use some of the appropriate reading strategies that we want our students to use. For example, look through the entire article, making note of the headings, subheadings and figures. To help you set your purpose for reading, I ask that you think about how the following: • how is retelling different than summarizing • how can retelling be used in your classroom __While you read__, use whatever text-rendering strategies you usually recommend to your students (such as highlighting, underlining, making notes in margins or on post-its). Think about how those strategies are working in the context of what is your purpose for reading. __After reading__, go back through the article to review your highlights/notes and begin to pull out the details that you need to plan for retelling activities with your students. The article does a nice job of explaining how to scaffold retelling with your students. You may choose whatever length and type of reading that fits with your current instruction. If you have any questions on setting up or carrying out the retelling activity with your students, please let me know. I’d love to co-teach with you! After completing the retelling activity, log in to the PLN wiki site and share your thoughts on the success of the activity as you respond to the Discussion prompt. Be sure to read the postings of your classmates and reply to at least 2 postings.
 * PLN 5**
 * __Part I – reading the article__**
 * __Part II – Retelling activity with your students__**
 * __Part III – Reflection and sharing using the PLN 5 wiki site__**