Centro Colombo Americano - Libardo González

ReadingStrategies & Assessment

VOCABULARYBEFORE READING

DURING READING

AFTER READING

READING RUBRIC

VOCABULARY RUBRIC

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Notice pictures, charts, etc.

• Activate previous knowledge:

• What do you know about the topic?

Make predictions:

• What will probably happen?

• What will the text probably say ?

Strategies

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Before reading

What do you see in the picture(s)?

Are there different sections?

What do you know about the topic?

What do you think the text will probably say?

Activity

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During Reading

• Visualize: Create mental images • Use context for unknown words• Focus on main ideas: • Highlight important details

• Ask yourself questions as you read (Who? Where? Why? How? Etc. )

Make predictions:• What could happen next?

Strategies

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During reading

What mental images did you see?

What main ideas did you highlight?

What questions did you ask yourself?

Activity

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During reading

• Visualize information : Create mental images

During Reading

Excellent

Very good

What to improve

How to improve it

Assessment – Please explain

• Focus on main ideas : Highlight important details

• Ask questions as I read (Why, How, When, Where?)

• Use context to understand new words

I can…

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After Reading

• Summarize main ideas & details

• What is the writer trying to say?

• Make a concept map to organize key information

• Give your opinion about the reading

• Respond to comprehension questions

• Synthesize: What did you learn?

Strategies

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After Reading

What are the main ideas & details?

What is your opinion?

What did you learn from the reading?

Activity

• Organize key information

After Reading

Excellent

Very good

What to improve

How to improve it

Assessment – Please explain

• Summarize main ideas & details

• Give my own opinion about the reading

• Say something I learned from the reading

I can…

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Vocabulary

• Look for opportunities to read• Read movie captions• Use context to guess the meaning of new words • Highlight key expressions• Organize new language (notebook section)• Group / associate new words / expressions• Visualize to personalize (imagery)• Say or write new words in different ways

Strategies

Vocabulary

Excellent

Very good

What to improve

How to improve it

Assessment – Please explain

• I read out of class regularly• I watch movies with captions on• I organize new vocabulary• I personalize new vocabulary • I use a dictionary or Thesaurus

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• Can understand specific details of articles and academic texts

3

2• Can identify specific information and particular

details of texts on familiar topics

Level

1 • Can only identify general idea on a familiar topic with visual support

Reading

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• Eloquent, fluent and complex• Variety of words and expressions3

2• Adequate to talk about daily topics• Use vocabulary fluently with some limitations

Level

1

• limited vocabulary• Problems expressing basic ideas • Sentences are limited to a few words• Long pauses and/or repetitions• Speaks Spanish in class

Vocabulary

1. Vocabulary is adequate (only minor limitations)

Vocabulary

Excellent

Very good

What to improve

How to improve it

Assessment – Please explain

2. React to information using different expressions 5. Previous and new vocabulary is organized

4. New vocabulary is personalized and activated