Yolanda U. Trapp
The following lessons represent a sample of the many activities that will be included throughout this unit.
The main goal is to create an ethnic-cultural environment where students will become independent readers. The reader will apply appropriate reading strategies to construct meaning from a variety of “Cinderellas versions.”
Student Performance Objectives
Given the different versions of the Cinderella fairy tale, the student will:
Apply prereading strategies to text in order to activate thinking skills.
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- Develop motivation.
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- Activate prior knowledge before reading.
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- Formulate pre-reading techniques.
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- Determine a purpose and a strategy for reading.
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- Using predicting strategies.
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- Use textbook aids.
Apply during- reading strategies in order to comprehend to text
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- Generate own questions and theories while reading.
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- Confirm or alter predictions while reading.
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- Visualize text meaning.
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- Make connections.
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- Use a recording system to note important information while reading.
Apply post-reading strategies to text in order to become actively involved in the learning process.
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- Determine what was learned from the reading
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- Reflect and contemplate
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- Reread to refine meaning
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- Determine how new information gained from reading related to what is already known.