Reading in the Real World!Judy Hubble, Assistant Professor

Developmental Reading

AFFECTIVE GAINS

Empowerment: • You validate dreams.• Your center knows their name and asks how they are.• They know how to use email.• They know how to write a resume.• They know how to look for a job online.• They show students in the class how to do something.• They are developing an internal locus of control.• Now they trust you to show them how to conquer their fear;

how to hear the “hard things.”

Academic Reading Jargon vs.Real World Reading

• What’s the issue? = what’s he griping about?

• What’s the main idea? = so what does he want?

• What is his support? = yeah, right, prove it.

• How has this influenced your thinking? = well, I don’t know….I think____________________

Presentations…with THEIR photos.

Teach them how to make PowerPoints!! They present their 1 minute papers…create set of history notes….tell us about themselves with personal pictures or from Yotophoto

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Don’t recreate the wheel!!

• Just use lots of links-collaborate-network

• Use mine…home page

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Keep It Spiraling: Attention Spans Do Matter

Model Critical ReadingNews

LiteratureAnything

Discuss Current Events

Independent StudyStart short at first

They are non-readersComputer SkillReinforcement

OrReading on Computer

See Cool WebsitesCheck Emails

Evaluation-Journal1 Minute Paper

What did you study today?What do you have trouble with?

What do you need to do next time?

1 Minute Writing What did you learn

about last time?What happened personally?

R = r e a d A = a c t iv e le a r n e r S = s y s t e m P = p r o c e s s

B E A N A C T I V E P A R T I C I P A N T I N Y O U R O W N L E A R N I N G .

B E F O R E

A F T E R

D U R I N G

U S E T H E R E A D I N G P R O C E S S .

D E V E L O P Y O U R O W N S Y S T E M O F L E A R N I N G .

R E A D W I T H A P E N C I L I N Y O U R H A N D .

MAIN IDEACENTRAL POINT

(stated or implied)

Major Details = Proof

Minor Details = Fluff

1st: find real TOPIC

• Specific angle about a subject

(best way to hold a football-not just football)• Phrase

(2 or more words)

Hint: ask “what is this about? Raising kids, feeding cats, or

Training dogs? No, it’s about…”

Ask: so what about the best way to hold a football?

• You’ll find the ‘main idea’

• You’ll find the central message

• You’ll be able to write a general summary of the section of writing

• You’ll find a possible test question

What is a topic? 1 or 2 wordsNOT A SENTENCE

Thesis: what I want to prove

I. Main Idea sentence

A. Proof (major detail)

1. Example (minor detail)

II. Main Idea sentenceA. Proof (major detail)

1. Example (minor detail)

Topic is theanchor

What is a main idea?

• Central message/all-inclusive or general summary

• It’s the answer to

“so what about the TOPIC?”

“The author thinks that…..”

“He’s trying to get across that…..”

• IT’S ALWAYS A SENTENCE.

Recognizing the main idea in a piece of writing.

• Someone’s most important point• Someone’s main argument• Someone’s stand on an issue• Someone’s central focus bout a thing, a person• Someone’s controlling idea• Someone’s central thought in an essay• Someone’s thesis in a longer piece of writing

What are details?

• MAJOR details prove your point

who – what – when – where – how -

• MINOR details

what kind of – colors – times - feelings

Title: “My Years as a BLAH”

Topic: How to succeed at Blah Blah

Thesis: You should Blah Blah Blah (introductory paragraph gives youropinion and how you will prove it.)

I. Main idea for success reason 1A. Major Detail proof

1. Minor Detail Fluff

II. Main idea for success reason 2A. Major Detail proof

1. Minor Detail Fluff

MAIN IDEAS

CAN

NEVER

BE A

DETAIL!!!

Hubble’s Hint

• In a multiple choice situation, find the details first.

• Mark off• Left with MAIN IDEA

BECAUSEMain ideas/central points can’t be in 2 places at

once-can you?

DrawConclusions:

money decisions, job offers, ‘good deal’

Grasp VocabularyInfer Meaning:

MetaphorsSimilesIrony

You must get the MAIN IDEA from someone’s thoughts

Test items

Essays

See others’ point of view:

Your boss, your employees, your teenagers

Think back to AnnotatingThink back to Reading Process

Before = previewingDuring = integrating new to old

Recall = after each section recall what they said. It forces you to select the main idea.

THENPut those thoughts in the margins as you read

and only re-read your ANNOTATIONS!!

Remember!

• We usually talk in main ideas so talk out loud to yourself as you study.

• You will spit out main ideas!!

• Keep paying attention=concentration for sentences that summarize all his/her points.

Watch out for implied main ideas or unstated thoughts.

The main idea may be in the details or hints or veiled words (hidden agenda). Don’t panic – you do this all the time!

You say:

what did you mean by that?

So, I see how it is.

Do I have to spell it out for you?

All writing is someone talking to you.

STYLE = SUGGESTIONSthey just don’t come out and and say it!!

SPEAKERS

AND

WRITERS

IMPLY ideas

LISTENERS

AND

READERS

INFER ideas

ForInstance…

You will begin to see different points of views….

ONE

My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. In newspaper photos of missing girls from the seventies, most looked like me: white girls with mousy brown hair. This was before kids of all races and genders started appearing on milk cartons or in the daily mail. It was back when people still believed things like that didn't happen.

Let’s review…• What is the difference between the topic and the

main idea in someone’s writing?• What is the difference between a main idea that

is stated and one that is implied?• Why is it important for students to know how to

determine the main ideas of paragraphs?

NEXT STEPS

• Complete Study Guide notes and Exercises in packet

• Complete practices in textbook as assigned

Complete the spiral….evaluation…

Evaluation Questions

• Always start with what you NEED to know

• I needed to know if I was making it clear that these skills in our class was preparing them for college classes.

• I needed to know their perceptions.

Lesson Spirals

No matter the style – Connections – Reinforced – Background made info knowledge

Thanks for listening!