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Lesson 34Improve literacy throughvisualisationTurn movies on in yourhead when you read‘Man’s mind cannot understand thoughts without imagesof them’ Thomas AquinasVisualising for comprehensionIf you can make pictures in your mind it can help youunderstand what you read and this will help you inexams.Read this passage from ‘Unforgettable places tosee before you die’ by Steve Davey.1. As you stand in the cold darkness of an Arizona night, waiting for dawn,you will have no comprehension of the enormity of the landscape infront of you. In the dull early light your first view of the Grand Canyonwill be a flat, almost painterly composition.2. Then gradually the sky turns to blue and red, and golden sunlight startsto pick out details – first the edge of the far ridge, then the tallestpinnacles inside the canyon itself.3. As the sun rises higher, more is revealed. Rock formations sculpted byyears of erosion are illuminated, and long, convoluted shadows are caston to giant screens formed by cliffs.4. Only when you notice the details, such as a row of trees, or a flock ofgeese flying overhead, do you come to realise the true scale of thecanyon. That far ridge might be 15km away, and the mighty ColoradoRiver – a mere stream viewed from above – is 1500 metres below.The Learner’s Toolkit © Jackie Beere and Crown House Publishing Ltd 125
Lesson 34 – continuedImprove literacy throughvisualisationFor each section 1–4Create a picture in your head.In each box either write words or draw picturesor stick men to show what is in these pictures.Add extra details that make it more interestingbut still fits with the text.Describe in words what is in each picture to yourneighbour.1 23 4126 The Learner’s Toolkit © Jackie Beere and Crown House Publishing Ltd
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