The activities in this Unit will explain:

-how initial reading activities set up an orientation to a reading activity
-how students' cognitive boundaries are established
 by narrowing text semantics
-who, what, when, and where as keys to text semantics

Structure of Unit:

-introduction to what happens in initial reading activities
-examples of Grade 8 and Grade 12 initial reading exercises
-brainstorming on level-appropriate activities and the Standards
-hints on developing level-appropriate activities

Unit 5: Introduction to Phase 2

Initial Reading Activities for Draußen vor der Tür: Grade 8
--Hints on Initial Reading Actiities

Exercise A, Grade 8: Reading for Discourse Patterns
Exercise B, Grade 8: Reading for Discourse Patterns
--Hints on Exercises A & B

Initial Reading Activities for Draußen vor der Tür: Grade 12
--Exercise A: Reading for Characters
--Exercise B: Reading for Rhetoric
--Hints on Exercises A & B