The Art of Comprehension: Exploring Visual Texts to Foster Comprehension, Conversation, and Confidence
Trevor Bryan introduces his signature method for improving students' understanding and thinking about both written and visual texts in The Art of Comprehension. You can encourage all of your students to become active explorers and meaning-makers by using three tools: the Access Lenses, the Framework, and the Mood Structures.
Table of Contents:
- Looking at the Familiar
- The Access Lenses
- The Framework
- The Mood Structures
- Reading Written Texts Through AoC
- Writing Through AoC
The important features:
- Find creative ways to prompt students to notice, consider, and synthesize visuals—using the same observation and comprehension skills they can use in reading and writing.
- Learn how to decipher meaning layers in picture books, chapter books, artwork, poetry, and informational text.
- Explore the book's eclectic collection of art and illustration by acclaimed illustrator Peter H. Reynolds, as well as 19th-century masters and others.
- Discover "access lenses" (such as faces, body language, and sound/silence), which encourage students to become active explorers and meaning-makers.
Author: Trevor Andrew Bryan
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Comprehension-Exploring-Conversation-Confidence/dp/1625311680/
