Reading the Newspaper Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard: Read With Understanding Outcomes Students will practice their reading and summarizing skills while learning to navigate the newspaper.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors:      Language Arts Reading Roles:      Family, Community Member Program Type(s)      ABE, GED, Family Literacy, Workforce Education, Urban, Rural, Corrections NRS Learner levels (ABE/GED)       3, 4, 5, 6 Time frame:      2.0 to 3.0 hours Technology Integration Key News Newspaper Megasite The Mondo Times

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Standard: Read With Understanding

Component of Performance How activity addresses component Determine the reading purpose Each person will have various reasons for reading the newspaper, such as finding employment ads, cars for sale, TV show schedule, sports highlights, national and local news, or information in articles. Students will discuss what they know about the types of information or themes, the format, and how they already read the newspaper. Select reading strategies appropriate to the purpose By skimming and scanning, the student will find selected sections or parts of the newspaper. Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies Using a highlighter may help students identify the specific parts. Readers may also need to use other strategies such as rereading, thinking about purpose, or stopping to check understanding. Analyze information and reflect on its underlying meaning Students are constructing meaning when they can summarize a selected newspaper article. Integrate it with prior knowledge to address reading purpose Being able to locate various parts of the newspaper will demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of format and text.

Purposeful, Transparent, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent The teacher is explicit about classroom instruction on the strategy of summarizing during the lesson; stressing the importance of this strategy as a comprehension skill needed for meaning making. Contextual Students will add to the knowledge they gain from TV news by reading the newspaper and finding information in various sections. Building Expertise Applying reading skills within a different genre is important as readers enlarge their knowledge base.

Lesson Designer Jackie Hamlett Literacy and Educational Technology Consultant (217) 3989933 jham5325@aol,com

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