Imaging-Visualizing

Visualizing/ Imaging Strategy for Comprehension


 * Definition of Visualization/ Imaging**: The students create pictures (images) in their minds of what they are reading.
 * How does this help the reader with comprehension?**
 * Visualization encourages students to come up with an aesthetic response to what they are reading.
 * Consciously using the words to create mental images.
 * Visualization serves three functions. 1. Fostering understanding. 2. Retaining information. 3. Monitoring for meaning


 * How does the Visualization/ Imaging strategy work?**
 * As students practice visualization as a comprehension technique, visualization of the text becomes automatic.
 * It works by creating a personal link between the reader and the text.
 * Does a person or place from the text remind them of someone they know, or somwhere they have been?
 * Start by introducing text with descriptive language and strong verbs.
 * Start small. Use single sentences, move on to short paragraphs, then incorporate longer pieces.
 * Use discussions to help students compare different visualizations based on the same sentence.
 * The teacher should explain and model the strategy; discuss when, where, and under what conditions it might be used; and provide guided practice and application.


 * Books that support imagery:**
 * //Aesop's Fables//
 * //A Light in the Attic// by Shel Silverstein
 * //Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing// by Judy Blume
 * The Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole
 * //Up North at the Cabin// by Marsha Chall