Unit 3:
What is Readable Out of a Text?:
Defining Reading Outcomes
The activities in this unit will
explain:
-what kinds of outcomes are
possible: what can a text be read for?
-how the Standards call
for a variety of tasks and reading
outcomes
Structure of Unit:
-Introduction: Reading
Outcomes and the Standards
-sample texts with
self-tutorial on reading outcomes
-open-ended exercises:
specifying outcomes on the basis of texts
-review: how a text can
be made readable
-review: reading outcomes and
curricular goals
Introduction to Unit 3: Reading Goals and the Standards
--Communications Standards
--Connections Standards
--Culture Standards
--Comparisons Standards
--Communities Standards
Introduction to Exercises: Tying Texts to Standards
--Grade 4: Links to Standards
--Grade 8: Links to Standards
--Grade 12: Links to StandardsExercise 1 Introduction: Linking Goals to Standards
--Exercise 1, Task 1: Texts and Standards, Grade 8
--Hints
Exercise 1, Task 2: Texts and Standards, Grade 12
--Hints
Exercise 1, Task 3: Texts and Standards, Grade 4
--Hints
Exercise 2: Creating Activities
--Exercise 2, Example 1: Grade 12
--Exercise 2, Example 2: Grade 8
--Exercise 2, Example 3: Grade 4
Unit 3 Review: What is Readable?
Review: Part 1