Moffat County School District RE-1

Moffat County High School

Advanced Reading

Students will:

Comprehension

1. use a variety of strategies to comprehend a variety of materials, including technical writing, newspapers, content area texts, magazines, poetry, short stories, and novels.

2. select the appropriate reading rate for a variety of materials.

3. on weekly cloze tests, recall both subject matter and structure words missing after reading selected passages.

4. summarize the advantages of learning to skim and scan a variety of materials effectively and explain the steps involved in the techniques of skimming and scanning.

5. identify and eliminate disruptive reading conditions as a means to increase comprehension.

6. recognize and use different types of context clues during timed readings for vocabulary improvement.

7. identify both stated and unstated main ideas in selected timed readings.

8. recall selected prefixes, suffixes, and roots when defining words in selected timed readings.

9. differentiate between reading for facts and critical reading.

10. categorize commonly used organizational patterns in selected reading materials (i.e. chronological order, cause and effect, narrative, descriptive, classification, process).

11. list the steps, in order, for the Preview, Question, Read, Study, Test (PQRST) study reading method.

12. apply the PQRST study reading method to a variety of content area texts (i.e. social studies, math, science, and English).

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Written and Oral

1. support an opinion using various forms of written persuasion.

Conventions

1. refine spelling and grammatical skills and become self-evaluators of their own writing.

Thinking Skills:

1. evaluate the reliability, accuracy, and relevance of various texts to make predictions, draw conclusions, and analyze text.

2. evaluate the quality of ideas in a text by applying criteria and supporting the conclusion.

3. recognize and critique author’s point of view and purpose.

4. use reading to solve problems.

5. define and solve the common reading faults, including vocalization, subvocalization, narrow recognition span, pointing, head movement, and regression, and apply the correct methods for decreasing or eliminating them.

6. know what constitutes literary quality based on elements such as the author’s point of view, the author’s selection of significant details, and theme development.

Research:

1. evaluate information in light of what they know and their specific needs.

Literature:

1. read and respond to a variety of novels, poetry, short stories, and non-fiction.

2. apply knowledge of literary techniques to understand text.

3. use literature terminology accurately, including theme, mood, diction, style, and point of view.

4. develop and support a thesis about the craft and significance of particular works of literature.

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