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Standard: Read With Understanding Outcomes Students will recognize different viewpoints presented in written text and how they influence our personal opinions.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors:      Language Arts Reading Roles:      Family, Worker, Community Member Program Type(s)      ABE, GED, Family Literacy, Urban, Rural NRS Learner levels (ABE/GED)       3, 4 Time frame:      1.0 to 1.5 hours

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Standard: Read With Understanding

Component of Performance How activity addresses component Determine the reading purpose Learner will read to develop critical thinking skills needed to discern between personal viewpoints and author's views in written materials. Select reading strategies appropriate to the purpose Students will activate prior knowledge about information presented, use new vocabulary needed for the text, selfquestion as they read, visualize material as reading, and mark important text with highlighters. They must remember details and draw inferences and conclusions. Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies Students will reread unclear material, slow reading rate, or use selfquestioning if necessary. Analyze information and reflect on its underlying meaning Students must choose what information in the text supports the viewpoint that is being analyzed. They must decide what parts of the text lead the reader to understand this view. Integrate it with prior knowledge to address reading purpose Activating prior knowledge through group and partner discussions will aid in setting the tone for reading. Realizing that personal views may influence interpretation of information will aid students in their critical thinking when using written material to make decisions.

Purposeful, Transparent, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent Writers present information to persuade others to share their opinion. Students need to examine information from all perspectives to make judgments or informed decisions. Contextual Real life reading material, used in the classroom, allows students to look at real world issues while developing reading skills and strategies. Building Expertise Letting students look at their own personal viewpoints and then moving to look at author's viewpoints allows them to take on other roles and increase their understanding of perspective.

Lesson Designer Tawna A. Eubanks Hamilton City ABLE (513) 8875020 Emmirg@aol.com

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