I taught intensive reading to middle school kids. By intensive reading, I mean, the kids were flunking the FCAT (a state standardized test.) We taught to the book (and what I mean by teaching to the book – we had pacing guides that were enforced) and then we would do literacy centers once a week or so. Which were small group activities based on the thematic content and the FCAT skill the unit was focusing on.
Examples of FCAT skills:
main idea
comparison and contrast
sequencing
research
words and phrases in context
strong VS week argument
analysis
synthesis
evaluation
inference
point of view of the character
author’s tone
author’s purpose
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