SESSION: K-W-L AS A LEARNING STRATEGY
Specific Objectives:
- to introduce K-W-L as a learning strategy.
- to link K-W-L to Self-Questioning and summary writing.
- to link historical fiction to historical facts and biography.
Procedure
I. Introduction
The instructor:
- Introduces the K-W-L Strategy (Ogle, 1986) by writing the acronym
on chart paper or on the chalkboard and pointing out that:
K-W-L is another strategy to use Before we read
and throughout our reading. The K stands for what we already Know,
and the W for What we want to find out from our reading
of the selection. After we read, we need to take stock of
what we actually Learned (L) and still need to Learn.
This is very much like what we have already been doing with
Self-Questioning, only we use a chart to organize the information.
- Displays the K-W-L chart (Box 29, Appendix E), pointing to the
headings and explaining how the strategy helps guide our reading as
follows:
BOX 29: K-W-L STRATEGY CHART
| K-W-L STRATEGY |
K - What I
know |
W - What I want
to find out |
L - What I learned and
still need to learn |
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BEFORE READING
Step K
We need to ask ourselves what do I know about this topic,
and while we brainstorm, we list what comes to mind on the worksheet under
K - What I Know. We do this in point form - in one or two words.
We list all of our ideas, even those we think are correct but are not
quite sure of. This gets our mind working. |