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Steering The Course for Grades 9-12 – British Columbia OER

Steering The CourseSteering The Course for Grades 9-12 Strategies for Reading, Researching, Writing and Other Essential Skills: Gathering, Organizing, and Presenting Information.

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Table of Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Organizational Skills
A Study Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Independent Study Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Managing Courses Effectively. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reading Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Being an Active Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 6
Being a Critical Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Reading Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Writing Skills
Writing a Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Writing Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Pre-Write. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Write. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
A. Paragraph Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
B. Multi-paragraph Composition (Essay) Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Reflective Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Research Skills
Conducting Research for a Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Searching the Internet Effectively. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Citing Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Examples of Works Cited (MLA Style). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Visual Presentation Skills
Using Graphic Organizers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Creating a Visual Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
How to Read Visual Texts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
How to Read a Chart or Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Communication Skills
Communicating with Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Communicating in Online Discussion Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
How to Respond to Discussion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Sample from Steering The Course for Grades 9-12

Reading Skills

Being an Active Reader

Being an active reader is an important skill for students. Active reading helps students process and retain course material. The act of reading passages can be broken into three stages:

Stage Action Skill
Before Reading Students think about why they are reading, what
they already know about what they are reading, and
what they think the article or story may be about.
Predicting
While Reading Students think about what they have learned so far
and what they will continue to learn as they read.
Predicting
They also make themselves aware of what questions
they still have.
Questioning
After Reading Students think about what they have read, making
connection to themselves, the world around them
and whatever work / assignment they might now
have to complete.
Reflecting and
Connecting

 

This reading strategy is based on active reading: reading that requires the learner to think about the information while they read. Reading in this way is far more effective than just reading a passage, wondering what was actually said, and then having to read it again.

Being a Critical Reader

A critical reader knows how to separate fact from opinion. We encounter facts and opinions in combination in most of what we read. For example, in a newspaper there are factual news stories about a car accident in one section and then a movie review in another. Still other articles might give both the facts about the latest Vancouver
Canucks game and an opinion about how the team played that night.

So to start, where would students expect to find more factual information?

• Textbook or diary?
• Web blog, or automobile owner’s manual?

<end of sample from Steering the Course – All about gathering and preparing information>

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