Synthesize/Apply/Reflect
Create a Directed Reading Activity (DRA) for any text appropriate for your students. Use all five (5) components from pgs. 333-336 in the text. Use each component as a heading in your assignment. Reflect on how this is different from the lesson you traditionally teach or the way you have been taught.
Assignment Guidelines
Your assignment must include:
Grade Level
The title and author of the text you have chosen
Detailed descriiption of each of the five components of a Directed Reading Activity:
Motivation and development of background
Directed story reading
Strategy or skill-building activity
Follow-up practice
Enrichment activities
A reflective paragraph discussing how this type of lesson is different from the way you traditionally teach or the way you have been taught
References cited from the course