07-02-2012, 10:38 AM
Freebody & Luke's Four Resources Model for Reading explains that to read effectively, we need to simultaneously be:
Code breakers
Meaning makers
Text users/ participants
Text analysts
Four Roles of a Literate Person
No other form of writing gives us these tools and forces us to use them half so well as poetry does -- and they apply not just to reading/writing but also to other media, especially film. That's why I rarely watch Hollywood movies anymore -- they're far too heavy on the "please understand my meaning stupid people" angle
Poetry has forced me to watch Kevin Smith...
Code breakers
Meaning makers
Text users/ participants
Text analysts
Four Roles of a Literate Person
No other form of writing gives us these tools and forces us to use them half so well as poetry does -- and they apply not just to reading/writing but also to other media, especially film. That's why I rarely watch Hollywood movies anymore -- they're far too heavy on the "please understand my meaning stupid people" angle
Poetry has forced me to watch Kevin Smith...
It could be worse