Mary Ann Poparad - Better Early Than Late

An explanation….• At first, the wholeness of the story text providesthe child with support. He begins by generating atext to fit the story, the illustrations and theteacher’s introduction but not without attentionto words.• At first he detects errors of meaning or sentencestructure by reference to his oral language systemand when they occur he is expected to try tosolve the problem by reading work.‐ p. 197 Clay, M. (1991),Becoming Literate: The construction of inner control, Hinemann.2/5/2008 mary.poparad@nl.edu 36