Deconstructing an article
or
Collating information in an article
When a writer writes something, he/she does so with some purpose in their mind. They use their own style of writing to express their ideas.
They will see some points as being more important than others.
When we read their work, we might feel that the writer's most important point is not so important for us.
So we examine their work to see what it says, and we draw out of it the points that seem important to us.
The following is an article at Magic City about Parenting.
I have highlighted in red, some things which I feel are important.
In the column on the right, I list these points again. Then in the box below this article, I will write something myself about the topic.
Children learn most from what they see. Too often parents yell at them for being too noisy, or slap them for hitting a sibling. They may criticize a child and list his or her faults, and then chastise the child for criticizing a sibling.
It is true that at times children can be very frustrating. However, if frustration causes us to make poor parenting choices, how can we teach children not to act inappropriately because they are frustrated? It would be better to tell them that we are frustrated, but then to proceed calmly to do some problem solving.
If we curse at other drivers, calling them idiots or worse, where is our credibility when we tell children not to use that kind of language? If we put down the child's teacher or principal, how can we hope to raise children to respect those in authority?
If we speed when we drive, park in no parking or handicapped spots, or are too lazy to recycle, we are sending messages to our children. If they overhear us telling a lie to someone on the telephone to get out of an engagement, we are teaching them it is okay to lie if it serves you. Can we then be surprised when, as teenagers, they lie to us about where they are really going?
Children are smart. They observe what we do and they remember. They may not call us on our lack of integrity to our faces, but they will make note of it.
As parents, our behavior is the blueprint children use to learn how to be in the world. If there are aspects in that blueprint that you do not want to see in the finished structure, now is the time to make changes.
Note:
While I took out the ideas that the original writer used, I did not always use HER words for those ideas. I also used synonyms.
Synonyms are words with the same or similar meaning.
Point 10 for instance: The author wrote 'Observe', but I wrote the word 'see'.
In Point 11, the author used the word 'Blueprint', while I used the word 'pattern'.
When we have the idea of what someone is trying to tell us, we can word it in our own language.
| Deconstruction and Collating
CLASS NOTES BOX
Left Column
Has what we are working on this semester in
07-5 and 07-3
1. Children do what they see / 2.They hear yelling so they yell
3. They see or experience slapping so they slap others
4. Frustration can cause parents to make bad choices
5. We must learn to problem solve
6. Children curse if they hear others cursing
7. They learn to speed in cars if they see family / friends speeding
8. They learn to lie if lied to
9. Children learn from whatever Parents do and say
10. Children see and learn from everything
11. The parents behaviour is the pattern children follow. |