Information Circles: teaching students to read and respond to informational texts

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dc.contributor.authorReinheimer, Breanne
dc.contributor.supervisorBegoray, Deborah
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-28T21:17:37Z
dc.date.available2012-05-28T21:17:37Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012-05-28
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Curriculum and Instructionen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Education M.Ed.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis project focuses on best practices for incorporating informational text comprehension instruction with middle years’ content area instruction. The project provides teachers with a classroom resource that can be used with text collections centered on a theme that corresponds with content area learning outcomes. The Information Circles resource addresses both language arts and content area learning outcomes and is designed with generalist teachers in mind. The review of the literature indicated that informational texts can motivate middle years’ students and that best practices for adolescent literacy instruction include extended time for literacy, explicit comprehension strategy instruction, diverse, accessible, multi-modal texts, student choice and student talk centered on texts. The resource includes a unit outline, suggestions for text selection, sample lessons, informational text comprehension strategies and assessment considerations. Finally, the reflection discusses the classroom experiences and academic readings that inspired me to create a resource that integrates subject area learning and reading comprehension instruction.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3999
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectreading comprehensionen_US
dc.subjectadolescent literacyen_US
dc.subjectliterature circlesen_US
dc.subjectstrategy instructionen_US
dc.subjectinformational textsen_US
dc.subjectnonfiction readingen_US
dc.subjectmiddle yearsen_US
dc.subjectmotivationen_US
dc.subjectstudent talken_US
dc.subjectchoiceen_US
dc.subjectcontent area literacyen_US
dc.subjecttextsen_US
dc.titleInformation Circles: teaching students to read and respond to informational textsen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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