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Overview
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Title
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Vocabulary Strategies
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Developer(s)
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Sharon Fallon
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Date
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10/11/2000
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Target Competency
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A.
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Employ a variety of vocabulary development strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words.
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Linked Core Abilities
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Communicate effectively
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b.
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Demonstrate critical thinking
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Performance Standards
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Competence will be demonstrated:
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in the employment of a variety of vocabulary development strategies to determine the meanings of unknown words.
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b.
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in the small groups.
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c.
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in the classroom.
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d.
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in the workplace.
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Criteria - Performance will be satisfactory when:
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a.
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learner employs a variety of vocabulary development strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words.
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b.
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learner successfully uses the four common types of context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.
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c.
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learner identifies the correct meanings of prefixes, suffixes and roots
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d.
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learner attains a minimum score of 80% on all practice exercises, quizzes and exams.
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e.
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learner attains a score of 60 on the Compass and 40 on the ASSET test.
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Learning Objectives
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This learning plan addresses the following learning objectives to help you master the competency:
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Analyze contextual clues to determine meaning.
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b.
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Analyze meaningful parts of words: prefixesl, suffixes and roots.
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c.
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Demonstrate knowledge of medical roots and affixes.
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d.
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Demonstrate knowledge of mathmatical roots and affixes.
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e.
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Demonstrate knowledge of business roots and affixes.
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Target Competency
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B.
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Demonstrate comprehension of a range of printed material
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Linked Core Abilities
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a.
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Communicate effectively
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b.
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Demonstrate critical thinking
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Performance Standards
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Competence will be demonstrated:
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a.
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in the ability to read and comprehend a range of printed materials.
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b.
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in small groups.
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c.
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in the classroom.
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d.
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in the workplace.
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Criteria - Performance will be satisfactory when:
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a.
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learner demonstrates the ability to read and comprehend a variety of printed materials by completing comprehension questions at the 80% level.
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b.
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learner completes the main idea mastery tests in Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills, pages 69-80 with 80% correct
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c.
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learner completes the supporting detail mastery tests in Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills, pages 107-118 with 80% correct.
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d.
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learner completes the implied main and idea and central point mastery tests with 80% correct.
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e.
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learner completes a relationships mastery tests with at least 80% accuracy .
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f.
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learner
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Learning Objectives
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This learning plan addresses the following learning objectives to help you master the competency:
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Identify stated main idea.
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b.
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Recognize supporting details.
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c.
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Paraphrase material.
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d.
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Identify unstated main idea.
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Target Competency
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C.
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Apply information from content
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Linked Core Abilities
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Communicate effectively
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b.
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Demonstrate critical thinking
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Performance Standards
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Competence will be demonstrated:
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in the application of information from the content of reading materials
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b.
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in small groups
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c.
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in the classroom
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d.
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in the workplace
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Criteria - Performance will be satisfactory when:
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learner completes fact and opinion mastery tests with 80% correct.
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b.
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learner identifies the audience, purpose and type of essay with 70% accuracy.
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learner identifies the author's audience and purpose for a given text.
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learner identifies metaphor, similie, personification and hyperbole in poetry with 80% accuracy.
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Learning Objectives
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This learning plan addresses the following learning objectives to help you master the competency:
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Recognize poetic devices.
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Analyze the author's audience.
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Analyze the author's purpose.
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Recognize the format of the text.
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Distinguish among fact, opinion, hypothesis
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Target Competency
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D.
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React critically to a range of printed materials
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Linked Core Abilities
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a.
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Communicate effectively
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b.
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Demonstrate critical thinking
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Performance Standards
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Competence will be demonstrated:
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by learner reacting critically to a range of printed materials
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b.
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in small groups
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c.
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in the classroom
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d.
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in the workplace
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Criteria - Performance will be satisfactory when:
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learner completes Purpose and Tone mastery tests with 80% correct.
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b.
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learner completes Recognizing Bias review tests with 80% correct.
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Learning Objectives
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This learning plan addresses the following learning objectives to help you master the competency:
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Read poetry.
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Read short stories.
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Read expositive and persuasive essays
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Read novels.
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Read text books.
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Compare organizational patterns.
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Recognize inferences.
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h.
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Recognize unstated assumptions.
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Recognize bias.
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Learning Activities
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Learn the four common types of context clues by reading pgs. 9-19 in Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills and do practices 1-4 in the book.
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Identify the meanings of Greek roots by completing Reading Vocabulary Building, lessons 3,4,5 of Skillsbank 4.
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Identify the meanings of Latin roots by completing Reading Vocabulary Building, lessons 6,7,8,9,10 of Skillsbank 4.
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Identify the meanings of common prefixes and suffixes by completing Reading Vocabulary Building lessons 11,12,13,14,15 in Skillsbank 4.
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Utilize a personal vocabulary log to record ten new words each week. The log will contain the word, its definition and the word used in a sentence
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Learn ten new vocabulary words each week by completing a chapter from Advancing Vocabulary Skills, 2e by Goodman.
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Overview
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Title
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Comprehension Strategies
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Developer(s)
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Sharon Fallon
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Date
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10/11/2000
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Target Competency
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B.
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Demonstrate comprehension of a range of printed material
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Linked Core Abilities
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a.
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Communicate effectively
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b.
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Demonstrate critical thinking
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Performance Standards
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Competence will be demonstrated:
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a.
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in the ability to read and comprehend a range of printed materials.
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b.
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in small groups.
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c.
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in the classroom.
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d.
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in the workplace.
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Criteria - Performance will be satisfactory when:
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a.
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learner demonstrates the ability to read and comprehend a variety of printed materials by completing comprehension questions at the 80% level.
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b.
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learner completes the main idea mastery tests in Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills, pages 69-80 with 80% correct
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c.
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learner completes the supporting detail mastery tests in Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills, pages 107-118 with 80% correct.
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d.
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learner completes the implied main and idea and central point mastery tests with 80% correct.
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e.
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learner completes a relationships mastery tests with at least 80% accuracy .
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f.
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learner
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Learning Objectives
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This learning plan addresses the following learning objectives to help you master the competency:
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a.
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Identify stated main idea.
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b.
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Recognize supporting details.
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c.
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Paraphrase material.
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d.
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Identify unstated main idea.
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Learning Activities
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Identify stated main idea by reading Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading pgs. 41-60 and do practices 1 through 6.
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Write a main idea paragraph with supporting details on "The Best Job I Ever Had or The Worst Job I Ever Had.
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Write a title for a newspaper article.
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Work in groups to read paragraphs posted around the room and determine the main idea sentence in the paragraph.
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Identify the supporting details in a paragraph by reading pgs. 81-96 in Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills and do practices 1through 4.
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Prepare a map of review test 4 pgs. 101-103 in Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills.
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