FALL
- Infobesity and internet navigation
- Credible sources*
- Visualize connections between key/new words in a text
"Connect the words"
WINTER
- Denotation v. Connotation*
- Tone and bias
- Multiple meanings: literal and figurative
"Lit-Figs"
SPRING
- Evaluating arguments:*
(a) documentation
(b) logic
(c) factual evidence
(d) opposing viewpoints
(e) fallacies
- Devote classroom space to forming a web of words
"Work bank"
Note: All titles in quotations come from: Zwiers, J. (2005). Building reading comprehension habits in grades 6-12: A toolkit of classroom activities. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
*Barret, M. "Critical Reading Standards and Preparation." Mayo High School, Rochester, MN.
Mini-lessons for deducing word meanings
FALL
- Infobesity and internet navigation
- Credible sources*
- Visualize connections between key/new words in a text
"Connect the words"
WINTER
- Denotation v. Connotation*
- Tone and bias
- Multiple meanings: literal and figurative
"Lit-Figs"
SPRING
- Evaluating arguments:*
(a) documentation
(b) logic
(c) factual evidence
(d) opposing viewpoints
(e) fallacies
- Devote classroom space to forming a web of words
"Work bank"
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Note: All titles in quotations come from: Zwiers, J. (2005). Building reading comprehension habits in grades 6-12: A toolkit of classroom activities. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
*Barret, M. "Critical Reading Standards and Preparation." Mayo High School, Rochester, MN.