Overview
Literacy is power--power to read the various texts of the world and write them as well. Welcome to the English Education Literacy Module, a document to help you give literacy power to all learners.
Some secondary English teachers, along with secondary English majors, don't believe that it is their job to teach reading. It is, however, your job to teach comprehension. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, "In order to graduate the 12th grade in the United States, you need to be able to read at the 8th grade level. Yet 28% of the seniors can even do this. Poor reading comprehension skills account for much of this failure."
So if you want to have your students become successful, you're going to need to teach comprehension.
Some secondary English teachers, along with secondary English majors, don't believe that it is their job to teach reading. It is, however, your job to teach comprehension. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, "In order to graduate the 12th grade in the United States, you need to be able to read at the 8th grade level. Yet 28% of the seniors can even do this. Poor reading comprehension skills account for much of this failure."
So if you want to have your students become successful, you're going to need to teach comprehension.
Objectives of these modules:
By the end of these modules, you should be able to answer the following questions:
- What are the characteristics and elements of effective argumentative and narrative texts?
- How do you distinguish between an argumentative and narrative text?
- What critical vocabulary is associated with an argument or narrative?
- How do you prepare to read an argument or narrative?
- How do you analyze an argument or narrative?
- What are the procedures for teaching comprehension via the double-entry notebook (DEN) and Directed Reading-Thinking Activity?