Submitted By: Karen Kowlessar, Ryan Wenger, and Amanda Lauritzen
School: John Rolfe Middle School
Summary
Students participated in a three-day unit focusing on developing reading comprehension and critical thinking skills within digital resources. Reading is increasingly taking place through electronic devices (whether it be laptops, cell phones, e-readers, or tablets), students were challenged to use reading strategies in three unique scenarios that represent areas where people decipher information in the digital landscape. On day one, students learn to locate and comprehend transcripts from CNN Student News’ video news clips. Students then used the information from the transcript to develop five higher order questions based on the transcript information, requiring further research to answer. The best question by each student was posted to a class-shared Google Document for all to review. Then, students answered and discussed global recycling issues addressed in one of the online news articles to share their analysis of the issue and opinions.
TIPC Ratings
Developing- students develop questions and use the generated questions to drive their research about an authentic topic, determining accuracy and relevance of sources.
Developing – Teacher defines structures for student communication within the classroom. Students use digital tools like Google Docs to communicate to complete class assignments.
Developing – Teacher requires students to think critically and/or solve problems on class assignments. Students respond to higher order questions and elaborate on critical thinking.
Developing – the students worked on class assignments that included technology for research and sharing of findings, to question, summarize and make predictions using digital tools.
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Kowlessar Wenger Lauritzen
Contents:
- Lesson Plan
- Two Student Samples in Adobe PDF
- Google Doc example
