Student Learning Plan
Unit 3: Foundations for Success
Reading for Meaning [U3C3L2]
Select reading comprehension strategies to enhance learning
Why this lesson is important:
Reading forms the basis of your study skills. An active learner finds information on his or her own through
reading. It’s a necessary study skill, but often difficult for many people. Using strategies to help identify word
meanings and context meaning of a passage can help improve reading comprehension. In this learning plan,
you will examine a variety of reading strategies and vocabulary building strategies designed to help raise
your reading comprehension level.
What you will learn in this lesson:
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Identify the purposes of reading
Distinguish among reading comprehension strategies
Distinguish among the types of context clues readers use to determine word meaning
Recognize how to apply vocabulary strategies to enhance vocabulary context
Relate vocabulary in context strategies to reading comprehension
Define key words: analogy, antonym, appositive, comprehension, concept, context, hypothesis,
inventory, mood, prediction, properties, purpose, strategy, synonym
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by applying vocabulary building and reading comprehension strategies to assigned readings
when you define the purpose of a selected reading
when you define the hypothesis of a selected reading
when you make predictions from a selected reading
when you use one of the four reading comprehension strategies to help improve your own reading
comprehension
when you use one of the six vocabulary comprehension strategies to enhance your vocabulary skills and
help improve your own reading comprehension
when you summarize in writing the strategies you selected and how they did or did not help your reading
comprehension
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You will have successfully met this lesson’s purpose:
Learning Activities:
These learning activities are designed to help you learn the target skills and knowledge for this lesson. Your
instructor may assign additional or alternative learning activities.
INQUIRE PHASE: What do you already know?
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THINK ABOUT what you know about your own reading style and habits. PREPARE for this lesson
by discussing What you will accomplish in this lesson; What you will learn in this lesson; Why this
lesson is important, and When you will have successfully met this lesson’s purpose.
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COMPLETE the Exercise #4: Thirteen Questions. DISCUSS your responses and RECORD
responses with others in your team in a Tree Map. REPORT your findings to the class.
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Reading for Meaning [U3C3L2]
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CREATE a Bubble Map in your team to show some of the strategies. COMPARE the Bubble Maps
to the “Hints for Difficult Reading” in the student text Reading for Meaning.
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REFLECT on the reading difficulties and strategies to overcome them. ANSWER the reflection
question presented by your instructor.
GATHER PHASE: So, what else do you need to know or learn?
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READ an assigned selection and APPLY one of the “Reading Comprehension Strategies Practice”
exercises provided by your instructor.
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COMPARE your strategy with another team in a Venn Diagram.
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BRAINSTORM any vocabulary building strategies you are aware of or that have worked for you in
the past. READ a section of the text about six vocabulary strategies. CREATE a Flow Map for an
assigned strategy. PRESENT your map to the class.
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REFLECT on these strategies. ANSWER the reflection questions presented by your
instructor.
PROCESS PHASE: Now what can you do with this new information you’ve learned?
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COMPLETE two of the “Vocabulary Strategy” activities and one “Reading Comprehension
Strategy” provided by your instructor on a selected passage of reading.
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SHARE positive and negative comments about how useful the strategy can be by posting them on
a Double T-chart provided by your instructor.
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REFLECT on which of the strategies you would like to apply to your textbook reading assignments.
ANSWER the reflection questions presented by your instructor.
Assessment Activities:
APPLY PHASE: What else can you do with what you’ve learned today?
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APPLY a chosen Reading Comprehension Strategy from the options provided by your instructor to
Exercise #8: Reading Comprehension Strategy. USE one of the strategy activity exercises to
assist you in the step-by-step process.
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COMPLETE the Reading for Meaning Performance Assessment Task. SUBMIT your completed
performance assessment task to your instructor for feedback and a grade.
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REVIEW the key words of this lesson.
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REFLECT on what you have learned in this lesson and how you might use it in the future.
Self-Paced Learning and Assessment Activities:
Independently complete the activities outlined below:
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Inquire Phase: Complete the Learning Activities 1 – 4 or as modified by your instructor.
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Gather Phase: Complete the Learning Activities 1 – 4 or as modified by your instructor.
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Process Phase: Complete the Learning Activities 1 – 3 or as modified by your instructor.
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Apply Phase: Complete the Learning Activities 1 – 4 or as modified by your instructor.