Download Presentation Guided Reading – Exploring Multiple Meanings Driver’s Ed by Caroline Cooney An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author.While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. By Caroline Cooney Target: Reluctant readers who are deaf/hard of hearing.

Age-range: Intended for students in high school or college. Reading level: Appropriate for 5th – 8th grade reading levels. Objective: To increase student’s understanding of words with multiple meanings. Abstract: This lesson uses a high interest - easier reading level book to interest older students in reading. Words with multiple meanings are explored by student-actors acting out the possible meanings and engaging the class in a voting process where the correct meaning is selected together. The teacher and students read each section together after correct meanings are understood, adding to greater reading fluency.

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Cooney is the author of Goddess of Yesterday (an ALA Notable Children's Book); The Ransom of Mercy Carter; and The Face on the Milk Carton (an IRA--CBC Children's Choice). She lives in Westbrook, CT. TEACHERS GUIDE Driver’s Ed Written by Caroline B. Cooney ABOUT THIS BOOK Getting a driver's license is the one thing that would make Remy's and Morgan's lives nearly perfect.

Driver’s EdGrade level: 8th - 12th grade deaf and hard of hearing students (appropriate for 5th – 8th grade reading level).Objective: The students will read and understand that words have multiple meanings (reading skill). Materials: Power Point Presentation (slides 8 -27), Driver’s Ed by Caroline Cooney (high interest – easier reading level), props necessary for prior teacher selected words - (calculated) calculator, chart paper with Plan A,B,C,D written on it, (bundled) coat, hat, scarf, several pencils rubber-banded together, papers with idea 1,2,3,4 written on them, clipboard, name tag that reads “Mr. Fielding”, (poor) empty wallet, chart paper with “grade F” written on it, old broken toy car or truck (draw sad face on front if possible), dictionary. 2nd lesson props- (snarled) jump rope tied in knots, picture of cars in traffic jam, picture of snarl on face, (checking) stop sign, chart paper with check mark, picture of lab inspector inspecting something, teacher grade book, (dull) butter knife and tree limb, picture of long lecturer, picture of an empty, lonely gray street. Preview: Remind the class that they have already learned about homonyms, (words that sound alike but are spelled different and have different meanings- yolk – yoke, see- sea, ant - aunt, ate – eight, blew- blue, brake – break, dear – deer, son – sun, know – no, etc. These are easier to understand in reading because they are spelled differently and often have different signs too.

The spelling and sign helps us understand the difference between the two words. Download film india mohabbatein full movie sub indo. Some words sound the same, are spelled the same, but have different meanings – These are called words with multiple meanings. We must get our clues to understand these words from the context clues in the sentence and use the appropriate sign to make this word make sense in the sentence. Caroline Cooney. Show slide #8 of Powerpoint – “Driver’s Edthe only life and death course in school.

Discuss student’s driving status, learner’s permits, friends or siblings they know that are already driving, fears or excitement about driving, etc. Tell class, “ this will be the Guided Reading book the class will be reading together- along with reading, we will be learning a new reading skill – understanding words with multiple meanings.Activity:1) Present the first word (calculated) (slide 9). 2) Have students look up the word in the dictionary. 3) Discuss the number of entries showing possible meanings – few words have only one meaning (slide 10).