Books on the Web

Audience: Teachers (grades K-8)

Presenter: Judith Conway

 

 

Essential Question:

How might accessing full text stories on the Internet help students practice interpreting and extending meaning?

 

Objective:
Teachers will examine a number of sites on the Internet that contain full text stories and develop a lesson plan idea that will help students go beyond literal meaning into interpreting and extending meaning.

Warm-up Activity:

The Hunterman and the Crocodile - preparation

The Hunterman and the Crocodile - read story
Procedures:

Discussion: Reading DSTP Power Point

DSTP Reading Item Sampler

DSTP Writing Item Sampler/

Explore links to sites that contain full text stories:

Determining reading level using Microsoft Word

http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/judithconway/Books online

 

Complete Lesson Plan Idea: Word document

 

Closure:

Revisit essential question: How might accessing full text stories on the Internet help students practice interpreting and extending meaning?

Print Lesson Plan Idea