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Reading for meaning

Teacher Anne Girven

 

YEAR

LEVEL

DURATION

5-6 3 Ongoing

 

Achievement Objective Being Assessed

Learning Outcomes

Close Reading Discuss language, meanings and ideas in a non-fiction text, relating their understanding to personal experiences, and other non-fiction texts related to the current topic or theme.

Processes

Thinking Critically Discuss and convey meanings in written texts, exploring relevant experiences and other points of view.
Processing Information Gather, select, record, and present summarised information from a variety of sources, using different technologies and explaining the processes used.

Supporting Achievement Objective

Learning Outcomes

Personal Reading Select and read independently, for enjoyment and information, different contemporary and historical texts, integrating reading processes.

 

Teacher background reading

Introduction

This unit is designed to focus on the skills and strategies needed for close reading to support the current topic or theme. The strategies should be integrated into any current cross curricula learning context during the year. The unit is designed to allow students to choose non-fiction texts and to know how/why to use specific reading strategies to gather information. The focus is on the close reading of a selected text to share and discuss with a group.

Teaching and learning activities

Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your students, and to fit the time available:

Learning task 1

Learning task 2

Learning task 3

Learning task 4

Resources

Electronic

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