“It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.” Ursual K Le Guin
You are driving alone, minding your own business when a large truck cuts you off. Instantly you slam on your breaks to avoid an accident. You notice a big white bumper sticker on the back of the truck that says, “How’s my driving?” At this point you seriously consider using your cell phone to call the number and tell the trucking company exactly what you think of their driving.
When it comes to reading, you are both the driver of the truck and the evaluator in the surrounding vehicles. You are the only person who can analyze your comprehension and evaluating your comprehension is the most important part of the reading journey. As you cruise up to the crossroads, where one section ends and another section begins you need to;
1. Look back over your notes. What comprehension problems did you solve? Are there areas that still require road side assistance? Identifying unclear ideas before DRIVEing to the next section is the quickest and easiest way to ensure the information in your working memory makes the trip to your long-term memory. Look back at your T4 comments to make sure you are applying the Local GPS tool for complex ideas/words.
2. Look with-in your metacognition. What happened in your mind while you were reading? What were you doing mentally to keep your mind alert and engaged? Mature readers are constantly adjusting their metacognition to match the movement of the text. Look within to make sure you were consistently taking action when you noticed your mind was distracted, confused, or overwhelmed with new information.
3. Look around the page. How are you physically keeping your mind interested and motivated to learn? Comprehension is the act of successfully applying strategies to solve isolated confusion and interpret the written text. What are you doing to make your thoughts visible? Is there anything you need to change? Look around to make sure you were interacting with the text by making connections, asking questions, clarifying words/ideas and drawing pictures. If you don’t see any signs of thinking, chances are your mind is lost and heading in the wrong direction.
4. Look forward to the next section. Do you have an idea of where are you heading and what strategies you are going to repeat? Establish a purpose for reading and prime your mind by FLIRTing with the text. Look forward to make sure you are prepared to navigate through roadblocks, vary the pace, remove distractions, and apply the appropriate note taking tools.
The crossroads of reading (look back, look with-in, look around, and look forward)* will lead your mind in the right direction while giving you the flexibility to make adjustments in your reading journey.
* The four crossroads are adapted from a sermon by Pastor Jim VanZandt, who adapted them from various devotionals.
I would break this up into the two words: Knowing Comprehension.
ReplyDeleteAnd I will need to remember:
1. Before starting a new section I need to check my comprehension of previous passage
2. Look back(over notes), look with-in(metacognition), look around(the page), and look forward(FLIRT with next passage.
-Latifah Pittman
Two words I can use are:
ReplyDeleteDriving and Comprehension.
The main ideas I need to remember are:
1. Look forward to the next section and see if I can repeat the strategies.
2. Look back at my notes; see what I understand and what I don't.
Andrew Thompson Section 1
DRIVEing comprehension
ReplyDelete1.working memory to long term memory
2. look with in, around, and forward.
Two words would be:
ReplyDeleteRemembering comprehension
I will remember:
1."Identifying unclear ideas before DRIVEing to the next section is the quickest and easiest way to ensure the information in your working memory makes the trip to your long-term memory."
2.The crossroads of reading.
Mike Forstoffer
Two words would be:
ReplyDeleteRemembering comprehension
I will remember:
1.Look threw the section to see if i can repeat anything.
2.Look back at my notes.
Look and Evalutate
ReplyDeleteI will remember...
1.)What was going on in my mind while i was reading.
2.)Look forward to see if you know where you are headed.
Evaluate Learning
ReplyDeleteI will remember:
Look Back
Look Forward
Pete Floyd
driver and evaluator
ReplyDelete2 things to remember
1)look with-in
2)look forward to new sections
katie bricker section 1
Evaluate meaning
ReplyDeleteI will remember
1.what are you thinking while reading
2.look back, with-in, around, and forward
Het Gandhi
Two words would be:
ReplyDeleteEvaluate Comprehension
I will remeber:
1)To look back at my notes
2)Look around my notes
David Crisfield
I will remember
ReplyDeleteRemembering Comprehension
1. Look back
2. Look around
I will remember Remembering Comprehension
ReplyDelete1. look Back/Forward
2. long term memory
Evaluate Understanding
ReplyDeleteI will remember:
1) to look back at the notes I have taken.
2) look at the next section to see if I can reuse the same strategies.
Think and Summary
ReplyDelete1. look around page
2. look forward
Logan Gurreri
Comprehend Your Understanding
ReplyDelete1) Review info. that is already known.
2) Think about what it is that you will be reading.
Jake Carr
Looking and Evaluate
ReplyDeleteI will remember
1.What was going on while I was reading the text
2.Watch and look for where I am headed in the text.
two main ideas that i need to remember are:
ReplyDelete1. Look forward and flirt with the text
2. and what was going on while i was reading the text
Knowing what you know
ReplyDeleteI will remember:
1. Take good notes
2. understand the text
The R: Review and Looking
ReplyDeleteI will remember:
-Look at everything until it is understood.
-Crossroads of reading.
Adam Vetere section 2
Driver and Comprehension
ReplyDelete1. Look Back
2. Look Around
-Ryan Althoff
Two words would be:
ReplyDeleteEvaluate Comprehension
I will remeber:
1)Refresh what I learn by rereading my notes
2)Make sure I can understand what I'm reading.
look everywhere
ReplyDelete1. take lots of notes
2. read to understand and learn
ryan d
Remembering of Comprehension
ReplyDelete1. Take notes while reading.
2. Review notes and visualize info to help retain.
Looking Hard
ReplyDeleteI will remember:
1.) Note taking is very important.
2.) Watch for where you are headed in the text.
Abbie Forry
Section2
Evaluation, comprehension
ReplyDelete1. take notes
2.look back, look with-in, look around and look foward in my reading
Comprehension:
ReplyDelete1. Note taking
2. watching for where your reading at in the text
Comprehend/rememeber
ReplyDelete1. Take notes/ highlight/ underline
2. focus on certain parts of text
nourdean b
ReplyDeletei will remember....
ReplyDelete1. already known information
2. revisit information that was difficult
Dustin R. Wagnon