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Reading and Language

Reading Levels 4.0 - 5.9 · 6.0 - 8.9

Language Levels 4.0 -5.9 · 6.0 - 8.9

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Activity for Reading Standard 15, 16, 18, 19, 24
and Language Standard 21, 22, 25, 27
Benchmark: R 15.2, 16.1, 18.4, 19.7, 24.1, 24.3; L 21.13, 22.4, 25.12, 27.4

Title: Values Chart and Readings
Contributor: Reading for Decision-Making produced by the Office of Adult and Community Education, Brevard County Schools, 1997 (Section 353 Grant).
Materials: Values Chart; optional reading selections (such as some stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul) and/or newspaper articles
Activities:

Note: This is part of a series of lessons on values. Students should have completed the initial lesson (in which a video about values is viewed and discussed) before doing this one.

Step 4:
Display enclosed Values Chart and discuss with students. Read several of the enclosed selections to the class, or use pertinent newspaper articles which deal with values. Elicit discussion about each of the selections: What are the values dealt with in the story? How do those values affect the decisions of the characters in the story? Allow students to identify vocabulary words they desire to learn from the selections and discussions. Write words on chalkboard. Discuss meanings.