Figure 1.3
Example of L-R-D elaboration 6:
Viewing a videotape or film before reading in a world geography class.
| Purposes for Viewing | |
| Teacher: | Today we are going to continue our study of Kenya by focusing on the Maisi tribe of Southern Kenya. First, we will watch a 20-minute National Geographic tape on this most unusual tribe of people. Listen carefully as you watch for two things, which you will then read about: the diet of the Maisi and the names of three other tribes of the north whom few people know of but who figure in Kenyan life in a big way. |
| Brief Review Following Viewing | |
| Teacher: | OK, what were the two points we listened for? |
| Student: | The Maisi basically live off their cattle, eating meat and drinking their blood and raw milk. |
| Teacher: | And? |
| Student: | Well, there were three other tribes mentioned, but I can’t remember any of them. |
| Teacher: | OK, read pages 66 to 71 in your text now to learn more about the Maisi diet, and let’s get the names of those tribes. If you happen to finish reading early, there are a few copies of a recent magazine report on cholesterol here on my desk that might help answer the question "Why aren’t the Maisi dying of clogged arteries and heart failure from their high-fat diet?" |
| Postreading Discussion | |
| Teacher: | What did you understand best from what you watched and read about? |
| Student: | The names of the three other tribes. |
| Teacher: | Say and spell them, and I’ll write them on the board. |
| Student: | Samburu, Turkana, and Hamitic. |
| Teacher: | What did you understand least from what you watched and read about? [When students have understood what they have viewed and read, they will take this question to mean pretty much the same thing as the next one: What questions or thoughts did this lesson raise in your mind?] |
| Student: | I pretty much understood what was said, but I don’t understand why the Maisi don’t raise things the way the other tribes do. |
| Teacher: | The land they live on is not arable. There is poor topsoil and little water. But that really doesn’t explain why they don’t move to where there is arable land. |
| Student: | I was wondering about their high-fat diet, so I read fast to get to the article you talked about. It seems that there are at least two reasons why they don’t have high blood cholesterol. The raw milk has enzymes that break down fat in the blood. Also, they lead very active lives. They burn off the fat as fast as they put it on. |
| Teacher: | If raw milk is so good for you, why do we homogenize and pasteurize ours, I wonder? Why don’t you ask Mrs. Shell in science today if she can help us out with this. |
*As presented in: Manzo, Manzo and Thomas, 2005, Content Area Literacy: Strategic Teaching for Strategic Learning, Wiley Publishers. PP 14-21
