Once you teach students what the “L2 Play” means, they can quickly discern between plot and an interpretive idea. When giving feedback to students who are merely re-telling the details of the story, you’ll just say, “I haven’t heard any L2–increase the quantity.”
The effectiveness of the “Plays” is their simplicity and clarity. They turn what seems for some a mysterious power of interpretation into an intellectual movement that is concrete and observable.
Yes– the interpretive strategies work with all texts – no need to change a system when approaching a poem or a cartoon or a nonfiction text.
Our primary graphic organizer the Evidence-Association Chart visualizes for students the basic movements of reading and provides the data for piecing together sentences, paragraphs, and whole essays. The Paragraph Chart focuses more precisely on four concrete plays that develop unity and coherence inside the paragraph. Our math/science students particular enjoy the structured data collection and alignment the organizers provide.
Clarity. Model. Repetition. Feedback
