Module 17 Session 3 Teaching Narrative Appreciation, Comprehension, and Composition

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Module 17 Session 3Teaching Narrative
Appreciation, Comprehension, and Composition

• Angela Rickford, Ph.D.
• San Jose State University

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Text Structure as an Aid to Comprehension

• Orients students to the building blocks that
  writers use in creating text
• Respects the multiple interpretations possible
  depending on the readers backgrounds

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Important Concepts for Narrative Appreciation

• Physical structure
• Mental structure or schema
• What happens when variation occurs
• Culturally congruent literature
• Importance of The Canon
• Comprehension as Reconstruction

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Four Cognitive Structures

• Conceptual Map
• Character Weave
• Story Graph
• Episodic Analysis Chart

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Conceptual Map

• Highlights the primary design elements of
  narratives
• Character
• Theme
• Plot
• Setting

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Character Weave

• Reflects horizontal and vertical interlacing
  pattern
• Serves as metaphor for analyzing characters

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Story graph

• Undulating lines represent levels of action and
  emotion found in a story from the beginning to
  the final resolution.

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Episodic Analysis Chart

• Reflects the concept that each episode in a story
  has its own internal integrity

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Narrative Composition

• Using the strategies as a scaffold for student
  writing assignments
• Teacher modeling
• Direct instruction
• Peer collaboration
• Scaffolded instruction
• Metacognitive Strategies