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English SOL Institute Secondary Nonfiction Reading Strand

Explore key points and effective strategies for analyzing nonfiction texts in the secondary curriculum. Learn how to teach students to navigate through informational passages and develop critical thinking skills.

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English SOL Institute Secondary Nonfiction Reading Strand

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  1. English SOL Institute • Secondary Nonfiction Reading Strand Keeping It Real: Nonfiction Reading Strategies Tracey Ingle, English Curriculum Coordinator Meredith Rapp, Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator Powhatan County Public Schools

  2. Secondary Nonfiction Reading • Key Points in Nonfiction Reading • Nonfiction includes both informational and functional passages • Emphasis on text structures and organizational patterns. Examples in the Curriculum Framework • Comprehension of nonfiction reading is a reporting category on new SOL tests.

  3. Secondary Nonfiction Reading • Key Points in Nonfiction Reading • Pair passages of same topic: fiction and nonfiction • 9-12 nonfiction standards include identification of faulty reasoning • More nonfiction items on SOL test beginning at 5th grade

  4. Secondary Nonfiction Reading4-12 Reading Blueprints

  5. How can teachers help students • navigate through nonfiction • texts?

  6. The Problem……. • Too much test prep/Isolated skill • instruction • Lack of time spent on authentic • reading assignments • - MC Sample question

  7. What is the Solution? • Balanced Literacy Instruction • Students need to read, write, • listen, speak, and think every • day!

  8. Statistics…….

  9. More Statistics……

  10. And Even MORE Statistics… From To Read or Not To Read (Research Report #47), courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts

  11. Before Reading Activity • Gallery Walk • Discussion

  12. Kids Need to KNOW STUFF! • In order to be a good reader, a student needs • to have a knowledge base. How can we • assist students with building this base? • Article of the Week – Kelly Gallagher

  13. Before, During, After Reading Strategy • Possible Sentences • Build vocabulary and comprehension • precursor • urbanization • temblor • plates • homogeneous

  14. During Reading StrategyText Coding

  15. After Reading • Read like a writer (text structures) • Write a poem sharing your thoughts/ideas regarding your reading of the article. • Research and write about a 6th earthquake • myth. • What is a question you have after reading the article? Find the answer and share it with the class. • Evaluate the credibility of the article.

  16. Don’t let schooling get in the way of your education.-Mark Twain

  17. Contact Information • Tracey Ingle • tracey.ingle@powhatan.k12.va.us • Meredith Rapp • meredith.rapp@powhatan.k12.va.us

  18. Disclaimer Reference within this presentation to any specific commercial or non-commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Virginia Department of Education.

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