Aiello Powers Settlemyer Adult Learning IDT 773 Spring 2019 DFL FINAL
Design Guide
Designers for Learning - Adult Learning Zone
Table of Contents
Learner Audience / Primary Users
College & Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) Alignment
Instructional Strategies and Activities
Presentation / Modeling / Demonstration
Part 3: Supplementary Resources & References
Instructor Guide
Student Guide
Performance Support Tool
Part 1: Lesson Description
Identifying the Main Point and Supporting Details
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
- License: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license
Part 2: Lesson
Instructional Strategies and Activities
| Duration | Stage | Content & Strategy | Objectives |
| 5 Minutes | Introduction | Hand out the Handout
| Introduce the topicProvide an example of the purpose of the lesson |
| 10Minutes | Presentation | Page 2
| 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) |
| 20Minutes | Guided Practice | Page 4 and 5 have two separate single paragraph narratives.
| 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) |
| 10-15Minutes | Assessment | Page 7 is a provided blank page with a section
| Evaluation |
| Extra-Curricular | Paced |
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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
(Design Guide effective September 23, 2017)