1. HIGH SCHOOL Becky McKee, School Librarian

2. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: ACTIVATING AND BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE ALWAYS START WITH A STORY! Research, Persuasive Writing, Literary Criticisms, Test Prep

3. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: ACTIVATING AND BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning. (1.1.2) Read widely and fluently to make connections with own self, the world, and previous reading. (4.1.2) Recognize when, why, and how to focus efforts in personal learning. (4.4.3) Connect ideas to own interests and previous knowledge and experience. (4.1.5)

4. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: USING SENSORY IMAGES Research: Engage with a multimedia result from databases Copyright Lesson: Show Creative Commons video Copyright Livebinder Take advantage of this stuff!

5. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: USING SENSORY IMAGES Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning. (1.1.6) Read, view, and listen for pleasure and for personal growth. (4.1.1)

6. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: USING SENSORY IMAGES Speech Classes Picture Book Lesson: Demonstrate Read Aloud techniques Pocket Poems: Interactive Bulletin Board

7. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: USING SENSORY IMAGES Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning. (1.1.6) Read, view, and listen for pleasure and for personal growth. (4.1.1)

8. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: QUESTIONING Student-Created Book Trailers: Use Student- Librarian Email component Anna Dressed in Blood- Email Correspondence Hi, > This is my movie maker trailer for my Digital and Interactive Multimedia class. Ms. McKee, I was hoping you could tell me if there are any mistakes or if there is anything I should change about my presentation. Thank you very much. Cathrine, > I watched your trailer and it is FANTASTIC! What I liked the best is the way you incorporated the music and the scream at the end. I also like the transitions between scenes, because it looks old and scary. I saw two things that need to be fixed, and then I have one other suggestion: In one of the text-spots, you didn't capitalize Anna, so you need to fix that. Also, when you are referencing Morgue File and Soundzabound, you should use their company names the way they appear on their sites, which is Soundzabound.com and MorgueFile.com Make sure you include the.com, because it is important to the viewer to know these are online company sources. Now, this suggestion -- Is there a way you can not reveal that Cas doesn‘t get killed. I mean this seems like a give-away and someone who hasn't read it might be disappointed to know ahead of time that he is safe from the ghost. Is that a critical part of the climax of the story? We want the viewer to want to read it, so we need to fill them with suspense, and keep them hanging. What do you think? > Thank you for the feed back and I will fix the problems asap. Also, there is so much more to the book and the parts about him being saved by a ghost and that he hunts ghosts are in the very beginning of the book. Trust me there is way more to the story so when they read it they will love it and want to find out the end because i couldnt put it down. > LOL! Well, okay I trust you. It is very, very good. Fix the other little things, then, and you've got a winner! :)

9. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: QUESTIONING Student-Created Book Trailers: Use Student-Librarian Email component (cont.) Running the Risk E-mail Correspondence Hello Mrs. Mckee, > I have finished my book trailer it is called Running The Risk. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for your help on my story board. > Eduardo, > I took a look at your book trailer, and WOW! I love, love, love the way you chose to begin it with that gunshot. That's a fantastic feature. I am definitely intrigued about this story. However, I got confused after that part, so I have these questions: > 1.) The boy who is having a gun pointed at him, does he get shot? > 2.) Is it him that feels like everything is out of control, or is it the shooter? > 3.) I don't understand the part about the police "catching up." Was there a chase? > 4.) Is the shooter a woman? If so, then the eyes you chose are a great hint to that. If not, then I would choose a different picture of eyes. > 5.) At the end when you say, "Find out what happens," instead, say "Find out what happens in (TITLE) by (AUTHOR.) Even though you have a picture of the > book cover, you should include the title again... > Can you answer these for me, so that I can suggest ways to avoid the confusion? Hello Mrs.Mckee here are the answers to your questions. > 1.) No he did not get shot. > 2.) No it is one of his coworkers who feels that way. > 3.) He was driving a drunk friend home but he has no license and the detective on his case saw him run a red light and pulled him over. > 4.) The shooter is a man. And i will change it. thank you for these comments

10. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: QUESTIONING Develop and refine a range of questions to frame search for new understanding. (1.1.3) Display initiative and engagement by posing questions and investigating the answers beyond the collection of superficial facts. (1.2.1) Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres. (4.1.3)

11. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: QUESTIONING Research: Connect search results to research question Keep students focused on the research question!

12. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: QUESTIONING Develop and refine a range of questions to frame search for new understanding. (1.1.3) Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions. (1.1.4) Display initiative and engagement by posing questions and investigating the answers beyond the collection of superficial facts. (1.2.1)

13. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: MAKING PREDICTIONS AND INFERENCES Book Talks: Use visual (PowerPoint, Book Trailer, Folder Displays, Brochures, etc.)

14. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: MAKING PREDICTIONS AND INFERENCES Use prior and background knowledge as a context for new learning. (1.2.1) Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning. (1.1.6)

15. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: DETERMINING IMPORTANCE Literary Criticisms: Connect paper topic to available essays Look at all these choices!

16. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: DETERMINING IMPORTANCE Make sense of information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main and supporting ideas, conflicting information, and point of view or bias. (1.1.7) Continue an inquiry-based research process by applying critical-thinking skills (analysis, synthesis, evaluation, organization) to information and knowledge in order to construct new understandings, draw conclusions, and create new knowledge. (2.1.1)

17. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: MONITORING AND REGAINING COMPREHENSION Using Database Tools: Enhance with lower reading level, translator tools, other online tools

18. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: MONITORING AND REGAINING COMPREHENSION Monitor own information-seeking processes for effectiveness and progress, and adapt as necessary. (1.4.1)

19. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: MONITORING AND REGAINING COMPREHENSION Using Online Vocabulary Tools

20. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: MONITORING AND REGAINING COMPREHENSION Monitor own information-seeking processes for effectiveness and progress, and adapt as necessary. (1.4.1)

21. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: SYNTHESIZING Class Crossword Competition

22. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: SYNTHESIZING Make sense of information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main and supporting ideas, conflicting information, and point of view or bias. (1.1.7) Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply knowledge to curricular areas, real world situations, and further investigations. (2.1.3)

23. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: SYNTHESIZING Creating LiveBinders

24. READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY: SYNTHESIZING Organize knowledge so it is useful. (2.1.2) Make sense of information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main and supporting ideas, conflicting information, and point of view or bias. (1.1.7)