Aiello Powers Settlemyer Adult Learning IDT 773 Spring 2019 DFL FINAL

Design Guide

Designers for Learning - Adult Learning Zone


Table of Contents

Project Requirements

Part 1: Lesson Description

Lesson Title

Abstract

Learner Audience / Primary Users

Educational Use

Language

Material Type

Keywords

Time Required for Lesson

Targeted Skills

Learning Objectives

College & Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) Alignment

Prior Knowledge

Required Resources

Lesson Author & License

Part 2: Lesson

Instructional Strategies and Activities

Warm-Up

Introduction

Presentation / Modeling / Demonstration

Guided Practice

Evaluation

Application

Key Terms and Concepts

Part 3: Supplementary Resources & References

Supplementary Resources

Instructor Guide

Student Guide

Performance Support Tool

References

Attribution Statements


Part 1: Lesson Description

Identifying the Main Point and Supporting Details


Download: Aiello_Powers_Settlemyer_Adult_Learning_IDT_773_Spring_2019_Main_Idea_Instructor_Guide.pdf


Abstract

This designed instruction looks to provide students with the tools they need to become an active participant in reading and writing. The specific focus of this one-hour OER module will be to aid learners in determining main ideas and supporting details in statements and paragraphs. Learners will be able to understand the main idea of a paragraph and identify the supporting details that promote the main point.

Learner Audience / Primary Users

Adult Basic Learners who wish to strengthen reading comprehension and writing skills above a fourth-grade level.

  • Student
  • Teacher

Educational Use

  • Curriculum / Instruction

Language

  • English

Material Type

  • Instructional Material
  • Homework and Assignments
  • Module
  • Interactive
  • Student Guide
  • Other

Keywords

  • Designers for Learning
  • Adult Education
  • Functional Reading Skills
  • Functional Writing Skills
  • Main Point
  • Supporting details

Time Required for Lesson

  • 60 minutes

Targeted Skills

Key skills covered in this lesson include:

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Life

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, the learner should be able to:

  • Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
  • Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

College & Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) Alignment

  • Level: Adult Education
  • Grade Level: C
  • Subject: English Language Arts / Literacy
  • Domain or Strand:
  • Strand: Reading
  • Reading Literature
  • Standard Description:

Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

Prior Knowledge

  • Minimum Level A CCR Anchor 2

Required Resources

  • Highlighters in Yellow and Green colors for each student
  • Printed Performance Support Tool for each student
  • Printed Student Guide for each student
  • Printed Additional Resources (Instructor Discretion)

Lesson Author & License

  • Lesson Author: Eamonn Powers, John Settlemyer, Caryn Aiello

Part 2: Lesson

Instructional Strategies and Activities


DurationStageContent & StrategyObjectives
5 MinutesIntroductionHand out the Handout
  • Attention Grabber
  • Narrative 1 – Email from School
  • Specific text in the email is highlighted to show the main idea (green) and supporting details (yellow)
  • Summarize key supporting details and ideas.
Introduce the topicProvide an example of the purpose of the lesson
10MinutesPresentationPage 2
  • Definitions
  • Main Idea
  • Supporting Details
Page 3
  • Activity 1
  • Facilitator reads the first narrative of the activity aloud pointing out the main idea and supporting details and asks learners to highlight the main idea in green, and the supporting details in yellow.
  • Ask the learners to summarize the paragraph, facilitate an appropriate response and say it aloud for others to write in the provided space (Wittrock 2010)
Demonstration of CCR Anchor 2:Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outlined by Standard 10.)Level B:Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text. (RI.3.2)
20MinutesGuided PracticePage 4 and 5 have two separate single paragraph narratives.
  • Split into groups of 2
  • Ask groups to identify a presenter per narrative
  • Activity 2- Grocery Clerks
  • Activity 3- Child Care
  • Optional Additional Narratives
  • Have learners use their highlighters as was done in Activity 1 as well as summarize the paragraph in the space provided.
  • The facilitator should walk around the room to observe if highlighted items and response boxes were used.
Application of CCR Anchor 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outlined by Standard 10.) Level B: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text. (RI.3.2)
10-15MinutesAssessmentPage 7 is a provided blank page with a section
  • Individual Activity (Transfer Strategy)
  • The learner develops self-created narrative (3 options): Work, Home-life, School-life
  • Learner Provides
  • 1 main point
  • 3 supporting details
Evaluation
Extra-CurricularPaced
  • At Instructor’s Discretion
  • Provide Additional Narratives or Worksheets
  • At Learner’s Discretion
  • Use the Performance Support Tool


Key Terms and Concepts

Main Idea: The main idea of the paragraph is the most important part. It is the purpose of the paragraph. It can also be thought of like the topic of the paragraph.

Supporting Details: Supporting details are used to fatten up the main idea. Supporting details usually come in the form of facts, examples, and details that are directly related to the main idea. Typically, supporting details follow the main idea sentence.

Part 3: Supplementary Resources & References

Supplementary Resources

  • None.

References

Belzer, A. (2017). Turning points: Recent trends in adult basic literacy, numeracy, and language education. New directions for adult and Continuing Education (155). Retrieved from http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/odu/detail.action?docID\

Wittrock, M. C. (January). Learning as a Generative Process. Educational Psychologist, 45(1), 40-45. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00461520903433554

Attribution Statements

Original content contributed by Eamonn Powers, John Settlemyer, Caryn Aiello of Old Dominion University to Advanced Instructional Design Technique IDT 8/773.



This course content is offered by Designers for Learning under a CC Attribution license.
Content in this course can be considered under this license unless otherwise noted.        Page CC Attribution

(Design Guide effective September 23, 2017)

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