Selective Unit S03

STUDY SKILLS 12/13

SELECTIVE UNIT S03

(Textbook Reading Skills)

(July 2012)

Unit Statement: In this unit the student will learn and apply skills for reading a textbook. The student will become an active reader by previewing the reading and activating prior knowledge. This will allow the student to read for understanding by practicing skills and applying new learning to at least one content area class.

Essential Outcomes: (Assessed for Mastery)

1. The Student Will read titles, headings and summaries in textbooks in order to identify main ideas in a chapter.

2. TSW explain how to use the introduction and the first sentence of each paragraph to preview the information in a chapter.

3. TSW practice identifying vocabulary words in a chapter and compare to add to their prior knowledge.

4. TSW identify and examine the visuals (pictures, graphs, maps) in the chapter to predict chapter content.

5. TSW summarize the chapter content by previewing the end-of-chapter questions.

6. TSW explain how the summary provides an overview of chapter content.

7. TSW analyze and apply newly acquired textbook reading skills to at least 1 current course.

8. TSW reflect on their improvements through journaling or other self-reflective project.

Suggested Materials:

Lenski, Susan Davis, Mary Ann. Wham, Jerry L. Johns, and Micki M. Caskey. Reading & learning strategies: Middle grades through high school. Dubuque, IKendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 201

Suggested Assessment Tools and Strategies:

1. Chapter 8 “Studying” in both text and included CD Reading & Learning Strategies: Middle Grades Through High School text.

RUBRIC ON NEXT PAGE………………………..

STUDY SKILLS – Textbook Reading Skills (S03)

Name: ______Date:______

A grade = 5 A marks on the rubric and no In Progress.

B grade = all marks on the rubric at the B level and no In Progress.

TSW / ‘A’ Level Mastery
Exceptional! / ‘B’ Level Mastery
Great! / ‘P’
In Progress
1. Read titles, headings and summaries in textbooks in order to identify main ideas in a chapter. / Reads titles, headings and summaries and summarizes main ideas in a current course textbook chapter. / Read titles, headings and summaries in textbooks in order to identify main ideas in a chapter. / Unable to read titles, headings and summaries in textbooks, or identify main ideas in a chapter.
2. Explain how to use the introduction and the first sentence of each paragraph to preview the information in a chapter. / Uses the introduction and first sentence of each paragraph to summarize the information in a chapter. / Explains how to use the introduction and the first sentence of each paragraph to preview the information in a chapter. / Explanations of how to use the introduction and the first sentence of each paragraph to preview the information in a chapter are incomplete.
3. Practice identifying vocabulary words in a chapter and compare to previous learning. / Uses identified vocabulary words in a chapter summary. / Practices identifying vocabulary words in a chapter and compares them to previous learning. / Limited practice or inaccurately identifies vocabulary words in a chapter. Unable or incorrectly compares to previous learning.
4. Identify and examine the visuals (pictures, graphs, maps) in the chapter to predict chapter content. / Analyses visuals to summarize the chapter content. / Identify and examine the visuals (pictures, graphs, maps) in the chapter to predict chapter content. / Does not identify or incorrectly analyzes visuals (pictures, graphs, maps) in the chapter. Unable or inaccurately predicts chapter content.
5. Summarize the chapter content by using the end-of-chapter questions. / Predict the important concepts in a chapter using the end-of-chapter questions. / Summarize the chapter content by using the end-of-chapter questions. / Unable or inaccurately summarizes the chapter content by using the end-of-chapter questions.
6. Explain how the summary provides an overview of the chapter content. / Uses the summary of a chapter to examine the important content of a chapter. / Explain how the summary provides an overview of the chapter content. / Unable or inaccurately explains how the summary provides an overview of the chapter content.
7. Analyze and apply newly acquired textbook reading skills to one current class. / Organizes notes according to newly acquired textbook reading skills in more than one class. / Analyze and apply newly acquired textbook reading skills to at least one current class. / Limited and or incomplete analysis of newly acquired textbook reading skills to current coursework
8. Reflect on their improvements through journaling or other self-reflective project. / Reflects and analyses how the newly required skill was helpful through journaling or other self-reflective project across. / Reflects on their improvements through journaling or other self-reflective project. / Incomplete reflection on their improvements through journaling or other self-reflective project.

QSI STUDY SKILLS 12/13-YEAR-OLD S03