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MODULE 1 LESSON 23
WELCOME
Visualize a Description
Set 1:
“The singer had a velvet voice.”
“The singer had a pleasing voice.”
Set 2:
“He had leathery hands.”
“He had strong hands.”
WELCOME
Partner A reads the first set of sentences aloud while the listener closes his or her eyes, concentrating on the words being read. Switch roles for the second set of sentences.
LAUNCH
Which sentence in each set provided a stronger mental image?
LAUNCH
Reflecting on what you have learned so far in this module, how would you answer our new Focusing Question?
LEARN
Perform a Fluent Reading
Perform a Fluent Reading
Volunteers to read a free-verse poem with dialogue aloud to the class from The Crossover.
Read “Your Brain on Fiction”
Read “Your Brain on Fiction”
read the article, numbering each paragraph, defining unknown words, and annotating sentences and phrases that you think contain main points.
Write the terms in your vocabulary section.
Understand the Impact of Stories on the Brain
Understand the Impact of Stories on t...
- What’s happening in your brain when you read stories?
- According to the article, stories makes the brain run “vivid simulations of reality.” What does simulation mean?
- How do metaphors influence the brain?
- What kind of language stimulates the brain?
- What happens to our brains when we read descriptions of physical activity?
- Part A: What opportunity does fiction offer that is “unavailable off the page”?
- The opportunity to imagine activities and smells that we aren’t experiencing.
- The opportunity to improve literacy skills and vocabulary.
- The opportunity to experience other people’s thoughts and feelings.
- The opportunity to escape from real life into fantasy.
- Part B: Mark the following quotes with “Y” if they support the answer to Part A, or “N” if they do not support the answer to Part A.
- “[T]here was substantial overlap in the brain networks used to understand stories and the networks used to navigate interactions with other individuals.”
- “[I]ndividuals who frequently read fiction seem to be better able to understand other people.”
- “the possibility that more empathetic individuals might prefer reading novels”
- “[C]hildren often watch TV alone, but go to the movies with their parents.”
- What is the relationship between reading stories and the “theory of mind”?
- What does it mean that reading fiction helps people to empathize with one another?
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write three effects reading fiction has on the reader
two surprising things you learned
2.
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one reason reading “improves us as human beings
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DEEP DIVE
DEEP DIVE
The slow music images of a lazy, calm summer’s day.
elicits
evokes
Find an example in the article of Paul’s use of either evoke/evocative or elicit. Explain why the author chose this verb in the particular sentence. What does her choice of words reveals about her ideas about storytelling?
compare & contrast elicits and evokes.