That’s a really nice way of expressing it. In a sense, it is a narrative, but the viewer finds their own narrative. One person said to me it was about how the average male is conditioned to dominate and control the world! It had never occurred to me, but that was the narrative she saw in it.’ Reading of Mirror: Teacher will read Mirror by Jeannie Baker to the class. Before beginning to read, teacherwill explain to the class

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It may not be stretching things too far to suggest that Jeannie Baker believes she can change the world through her work. Perhaps that’s what motivates most great artists. Baker is the author-artist of a number of award-winning picture books. Among them is Where The Forest Meets the Sea (about the Daintree Rainforest), a Boston Globe-Horn Honour Book, and the recipient of an International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour Award and a Friends of the Earth Award in Great Britain. Window was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in Great Britain and both Window and Mirror won the Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award. Baker was the IBBY Australian nominee for the prestigious 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration.

The Think Aloud strategy is used to encourage students to voice their internal thoughts as they read. Reading short units of text cumulatively readers consider what individual words mean and how meanings shift and are firmed up as more information is provided. Students connect reading with their prior knowledge and complex thought processes are made visible. Good teachers model thinking aloud, speculation and problem solving as part of their everyday teaching. The next step is to explicitly show students how they can use this strategy to monitor their own comprehension.A script is useful to prepare to ensure you focus on particular strategies. A think aloud using a wordless picture book will encourage readers to slow down and focus on details. Here is an example below for the second spread: What I will say p. 20-21 ) From Eden to Suburbia : Perspectives on the Natural World in Children's Literature John Stephens,Thank you for your kind words. I love it when teachers share ideas and yours is very original. I think I'll try it when the next opportunity arrives. All the best to you and your class. Hide replies Look at the use of perspective in each image. How do we know that objects are close / further away?