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Primals JHS Science Activitiy Sheets Literacy Across The Curriculum PDF
Primals JHS Science Activitiy Sheets Literacy Across The Curriculum PDF
Session 11
Literacy Across
the Curriculum: Changing
Paradigms & Implications
of TEXT COMPLEXITY for
instructions in science
(Adapted from Literacy Across the Curriculum: Changing Paradigms and Text
Complexity in the Content Areas: Implications for Instructions,
a Trainer’s Training Resource Package by Nemah N. Hermosa, PhD)
Prepared by:
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SESSION 1.0 ACTIVITY SHEET: PAIR WORK ON LITERACY
Directions: Following are the 10 least learned skills/competencies in Science G10,
critical content/learning competencies in Science G8 and critical thinking based on
the results for Grade 10 of the National Achievement Test in 2014- 2015. Scan
through the list with a partner. Identify whether the skill/competency is mainly
developed in DevL (Developmental Literacy), CAL (Content Area Literacy) or DL
(Disciplinary Literacy). Tick appropriate column(s).
Critical Content
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SESSION 1.0 ACTIVITY SHEET: PAIR WORK ON LITERACY
Directions: Following are the 10 least learned skills/competencies in Science G10,
critical content/learning competencies in Science G8 and critical thinking based on
the results for Grade 10 of the National Achievement Test in 2014- 2015. Scan
through the list with a partner. Identify whether the skill/competency is mainly
developed in DevL (Developmental Literacy), CAL (Content Area Literacy) or DL
(Disciplinary Literacy). Tick appropriate column(s).
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ANNEX 2
Humans toss all kinds of things into the ocean. This includes
the approximately eight million tons of plastic each year that harms the entire
ocean food web. Every sailor has seen trash like this and shed a tear, but
sometimes you come across something surprising, something out of place, that
can generate a smile. You spy something just below the surface. You think it
could be a whale or a turtle, but no, it's actually something completely
unexpected!
SPALDING!
Last fall, English skipper Annie Gilbert had one of these moments. Gilbert is a
commercial skipper, or a boat captain. She specializes in line-
caught, sustainable fishing, and was sailing out of Poole, Dorset, when she
spotted something weird. “We saw something bobbing and I thought: 'What’s
that?'” she writes on Twitter.
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TEXT SAMPLE TWO
There's more than just fish in the ocean — there are basketballs, too
By Vittoria Traverso, Atlas Obscura
Adapted by Newsela staff, 01/26/2018
Last fall, Annie Gilbert had one of these moments. Gilbert is a captain of a
fishing boat in England. She was out on the water when she spotted something
strange. “We saw something bobbing and I thought: 'What’s that?'” she said.
The strange object turned out to be a basketball. It looked fine on the top. But
under the water, it was covered in barnacles. Barnacles are crustaceans. They
are shelled sea animals. Crabs and lobsters are also crustaceans.
Barnacles like to stick to larger things, such as the bottom of ships. Gilbert
thinks the ball may have been lost at sea for two years or more. That's why there
were so many barnacles on it. She posted a photo on the Internet. Then she put
the ball back into the sea “to continue its journey.”
Note: The sample texts above were taken from the Newsela website.
Retrieved 1/28/18 from http://www.newsela.com
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ANNEX 3
ACTIVITY 3 GUIDE
Applying Text Complexity Tools & Planning for Instructional
Support
Directions: Work with your designated group. Be sure you have the materials
needed for the Activity.
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ATTACHMENT 2
LEXILE MEASURE and CONVERSION TABLE
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ATTACHMENT 3
RUBRIC – INFORMATIONAL TEXT
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ATTACHMENT 4
OUTPUT REPORT
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