Traditionally in literature-based teaching of reading, movies of books were presented as an after reading activity. A few of us may recall this activity taking place on a Friday. It was usually a reward to the class for good behavior or provided when a substitute teacher was present. Essentially, it was provided as a 'fill-in' with no guarantee that it would be subsequently related to the text.
Visual media are now purposefully provided as a before reading activity for our reluctant and low ability readers to build their background knowledge and to aid in their comprehension of text. The principle behind this is that knowledge is presented both verbally and non-verbally in a dual-coding system. Visual media could be provided of the setting, characters, and relationships in the story. This strategy can be used to teach comprehension skills, such as summarizing and evaluation skills by comparing and contrasting the media with the text.
Additionally, there are the audio-books which are available in unabridged and abridged recordings. They can provide a shared learning experience; enhance reading levels and comprehension; increase language skills and literacy; provide models of pronunciation, sentence structure, and accuracy in grammar. Additionally, they can serve to motivate auditory learners and as an introduction to the art of storytelling.
For those of us who are committed to a literature-based approach to reading a useful website is: The Children’s Literature Web Guide: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
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