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Module 2:  A Deeper Look at Purposeful Reading

Lessons are designed for educators wishing to increase their understanding of disciplinary literacy at their own pace.

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Lesson 2.1:  Introduction—What is Purposeful Reading?

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Lesson 2.2:  Disciplinary Literacy in Action—Purposeful Reading

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Lesson 2.3:  Strategies for Purposeful Reading in the Classroom

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Lesson 2.4:  Planning for Purposeful Reading in Your Classroom

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Lesson 2.5:  A Disciplinary Literacy Concept Map Revisited

Lesson 2:4:  A Planning for Purposeful Reading in Your Classroom

Task 1:  Consider a recent lesson in your classroom. 

• How did purposeful reading play a role in your instruction?
• What might have been some missed opportunities for purposeful reading to support student learning of the content?

Task 2:  Consider an upcoming lesson in your classroom.

• How might you incorporate purposeful reading strategies into the lesson to support student understanding of the content?
• What strategy or strategies might you use before students read to prepare them with a purpose for reading?
• What strategy or strategies might you use during the reading to support students as they make connections and monitor their understanding?
• What strategy or strategies might you use after the reading to allow students to summarize, question, or reflect on the text?
  

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