1. Content Area Reading Critical Literacy continued…
November 16, 2011

2. Creating Text Sets Support differentiation
Supports “Critical Literacy” by providing different points of view.
What to include:
Expository trade books
Historical/Realistic Fiction
Multiple reading levels
Multiple points of view
Biographies
Primary Documents like letters, articles, laws…
Creating Text Sets
Explain how the texts selected for classroom Literature Circles provide an example of creating a text set to support critical literacy.

3. Literature Circles/Book Clubs
Book Clubs-Teacher Directed
Lit. Circles-Student Directed
Purpose:
To support comprehension and develop independence in discussing literature.
To support higher level thinking skills at the synthesis and analysis levels.

4. Reading and Learning Processes Table
Teaching Activity
Student Application
Anticipation
Preview text
Activate Knowledge
Focus Interest and Set
Purpose
Text Book Feature Analysis
Anticipation Guide
Determine the Text Frame
Survey the text
Identify External Features
Identify Internal Organization
Building Knowledge
Construct Meaning
Clarify Ideas
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Consolidating Learning
Consolidate ideas and
Make Connections
Assess Achievement of Goals

5. Text (Textbook) Feature Analysis
Headings
Subheadings
Photographs
Text Boxes
Diagrams
Key Vocabulary

6. Anticipation Guide Before Reading Statement After Reading
The U.S. Government has a right to settle the Black Hills.
Sitting Bull performed with Buffalo Bill to make money.
The Ghost Dance is an ancient Lakota ceremony.
The Wounded Knee Massacre is a little known atrocity in the United States.
Reference: Carnes, J. (1999). Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee: 1890: The government’s campaign to subdue Native Americans culminates in a massacre on the plains. In: Us and Them: A History of Intolerance in America. New York, NY: Oxford University.