Jeremy Oertel

Tedu353

Lesson 4

 

Topic: Learning about your text

 

Set Induction: Today we are going to talk about what is important for you to know when reading a text.  Let’s say you find an ancient text by some mysterious dead culture.  What would you do to start learning about it?  Students should be encouraged to suggest things like “what language is the text in?” and “where was it found,” and “what kinds of information is in the text?”

 

 Terminal Objective: Students will identify various aspects of their text which assist in summarizing and learning about it.

 

Enabling Objectives: Students will brainstorm about defining characteristics of a hypothetical mysterious text.

 

Students will list aspects of a text which relate to its point-of-view.

 

Students will summarize material written on the board.

 

Activity: Students should get into get into small groups for 10 minutes or so and discuss the issue of “what information do you need to understand the point-of-view of the author of a text?”  Students will then relate their information on the board, so that it can be collated and summarized.  Look for information like: “Who is the author?” “Who is the author writing for?”  “What events are being described?”  “What is the author writing about?”  “How is the author making his/her point?”    If there is any additional time, students can read their text.

 

Closure: For next class, I want you to answer as many questions on the board as you can related to your text.  This will constitute a journal-entry.