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Posted: Oct 18 2006 at 12:20pm | IP Logged Quote denise3578
Hello, everyone

Just a quick question regarding my 13 yo daughter's narrations. When she narrates, she puts in so much detail that it is almost a word for word retelling. Is this ok, or should I encourage a more summary style of retelling? She typically reads a couple of pages and then narrates into her computer. She uses voice recognition software so she talks right into a mike. A book she just finished was The Winged Watchman. After 2 or 3 chapters, she had some 10 pages of narrations, so we wrapped it up at that point. She quotes dialoge and everything.

What do you think?

Thanks so much,

Denise, in VA
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Posted: Oct 19 2006 at 9:00am | IP Logged Quote cathhomeschool
I have my 11 and 12 yo boys read the entire book before narrating. Years ago my oldest son's narrations were extremely long. I was glad that he remembered so much detail, but also wanted to encourage him to summarize (especially since I was doing all the writing or typing!). We worked on narrating the highlights, general plot, and favorite parts, focusing on what a reader who hadn't read the book would need/want to know. His narrations are shorter now, but more importantly (for me), he thinks through the book and *chooses* instead of just spitting back the entire book. Really, it depends on your goals for narration.

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