In regards to my experience as a reader, I found that I was often revisiting and re-reading BOTH the pages with print and the pages with the drawings. In both instances, there were often little details that I learned as I continued to read on that would trigger a memory of something I had read or saw earlier in the book which made me go back to re-read. What I find most interesting about this, is that if I had engaged in this much "disrupted fluent reading" with any other traditionally structure YA novel I simply would have gotten mad at the book and frustrated at what I would have perceived as my inability to read well. However, in this instance, I found it made me even more attentive, more engaged, and
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Awestruck by Wonderstruck
This was such an impressive novel. I was so surprised how often I asked myself.....what is going on here? I found myself making predictions almost every time I turned the page, wondering if I was ever going to find out the answer to my question.
In regards to my experience as a reader, I found that I was often revisiting and re-reading BOTH the pages with print and the pages with the drawings. In both instances, there were often little details that I learned as I continued to read on that would trigger a memory of something I had read or saw earlier in the book which made me go back to re-read. What I find most interesting about this, is that if I had engaged in this much "disrupted fluent reading" with any other traditionally structure YA novel I simply would have gotten mad at the book and frustrated at what I would have perceived as my inability to read well. However, in this instance, I found it made me even more attentive, more engaged, andmore careful...no that's not right... more CARING with my reading. I am now hooked! And I want to go read another one of these books to see how my reading process continues to change/develop.
In regards to my experience as a reader, I found that I was often revisiting and re-reading BOTH the pages with print and the pages with the drawings. In both instances, there were often little details that I learned as I continued to read on that would trigger a memory of something I had read or saw earlier in the book which made me go back to re-read. What I find most interesting about this, is that if I had engaged in this much "disrupted fluent reading" with any other traditionally structure YA novel I simply would have gotten mad at the book and frustrated at what I would have perceived as my inability to read well. However, in this instance, I found it made me even more attentive, more engaged, and
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Dr Jones,
ReplyDeleteI chose Wonderstruck as one of my independent reads, and I have to say I am really looking forward to it. Some students are really drawn to this type of literature, so I will be interested to see how the process is different in a graphic novel! Can't wait to get started!