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updates. Lauren Boulden's Story Using Think-Alouds to Get Inside
Langston Hughes' Head Over my past few years of teaching, there
have been multiple occasions where I have been stumped on how to
present a particular concept to my students. I've always been
able to turn to ReadWriteThink.org for hands-on, engaging
lessons. For example, I knew I wanted my students to develop
their skills when it came to interacting with text, particularly
with poetry. While searching through the myriad options on
ReadWriteThink, I came upon "Building Reading Comprehension
Through Think-Alouds." At first, I planned to use the lesson
exactly as written: Read Langston Hughes's poem "Dream
Variation" and model a think-aloud with students; then have the
students try their hand at some think-alouds using other poetry.
After working out all of the details, I realized I could develop
some additional skills, which would fit perfectly into the scope
and sequence of my class. A