Intervention in Action - Deep Dive into text

Deep Dive Into Text

With dialogic teaching as an over arching umbrella, I incorporated the deep dive into text, a  reading strategy from Dr Jannie van Hees. 

Students were given the article to read, individually. 

They have a template to record their thinking.  Then they come to their Talaoa group (Talking Group or Discussion Group) to unpack the text together. 

It wasn't an easy journey for the students. First it was a new approach to reading. The article were not familiar to the students - reading non- fiction text is different. However, they were topical ideas. Some students was aware of it being in the news. 

Our first try of this was during the Christchurch tragedy. It was a catchy news for them.

I like seeing everyone bringing something to the Talano/discussion. However, there is a need to support the students to bring about the deeper understanding. 

More to come on deep dive

Let’s unpack the ‘story’. Let’s ‘deep dive’. 

Where in the world?	What I’ve found out about this place:
Information in news item I explored further:	What I found out:

The main points in the news item:	Theories/explanations in the news item:	Wonderment points:	My thoughts:

Significant word groups:	Unpacking the meaning: