This week I am going to talk to you about how reading and writing are similar in many ways. Before I read Tierney and Pearson (1983) I didn't really view reading and writing as similar processes. Tierney and Person (1983) start their article by saying that "reading and writing are essentially similar processes of meaning construction. Both are acts of composing" (p. 568). It is now clear to me that while reading and while writing you are focused on the meaning of the information and on creating meaning. I now am able to see that people use very similar processes to read and to write. One factor that is extremely important is background knowledge while reading or writing. The reading or writing process will look different based on the level of background knowledge a person has on the subject being read or written about. Readers and writers both plan before reading or writing, readers might get mentally ready to read, get a highlighter or paper to take notes on and a writer gathers ideas, gets out materials or does research. Both are also setting goals and objectives for themselves during planning.
Readers and writers also both draft in which a reader might start thinking about the ideas in the text after the first read and the writer might get all of their ideas onto the page. I also liked learned about alignment in which the reader or writer take a stance, this is something I did not think about. Next, while revising, the reader and writer reflect about the information, critique, and analyze the material before them. Finally, I also liked how the authors mentioned monitoring in the article because it helped me understand this concept. Monitoring is evaluating what the reader read and the writer wrote. I liked this article because it helped me see how parallel reading and writing actually are. I never made this connection before reading this for class and I am glad that I have.
Tierney, R. &
Pearson, P. D. (1983). Toward a
composing model of reading. Language Arts,
60(5),
568-580.
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ReplyDeleteKerrigan, this was a great review of some of the key ideas from Tierney and Pearson. It was clear from this entry that you liked many aspects of how they explain reading and writing. In order to more fully "use this entry as a medium for thinking more deeply" about the concepts they shared, I wonder what else you are thinking now about *how* you will introduce these relationships between reading and writing to your students? Can you think about a time you were teaching students in the past where it would have been helpful to include this kind of explanation as part of your lesson?