Online+Reading+Comprehension

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What do Good Readers Do?
 * I know when information meets my needs.
 * I know how to identify an author.
 * I can judge an author's authority on a subject.
 * I understand how authors shape truth.
 * I understand that experience affect my version of truth.
 * I can see how an author supports her argument.

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**Strong Critical Evaluation Skills** Activity: Hoax Websites Question: How do I know if the information is useful for my research?

Learning Objective: Integrating strategies for verifying the accuracy of information and author's level of expertise

Activity

1. Work with your group to brainstorm strategies for critically evaluating the information at a website. Create a list of these ideas in your handout.

2. See if you can determine if each of these sites is real or not real (there are some of both). Avoid relying only on your prior knowledge - since often your students will not have this knowledge to rely on or it is inaccurate.

If you determined that it is real, what evidence do you have to prove it? If you think it is a hoax, how do you know for sure? <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Site A: [|Boilerplate Mechanical Marvel of the 19th Century] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Site B: [|Dog Island] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Site C: [|Natural Science Center of Greensborough] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Site D: [|The Ova Prima Foundation] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Site E: [|Google’s Ranking Technology] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Site F: [|Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Site G: [|California’s Velcro Crop] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Site H: [|The Jackalope Conspiracy] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Site I: [|The Burmese Mountain Dog] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Site J: [|Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;">Online Reading Comprehension Resources **Synthesize**
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What Do Good Readers Do?
 * I know how to select and construct the information I need.
 * I know which information to ignore as I read.
 * I know how images and numbers help construct meaning.
 * I know how to put information together, and make inferences when it is missing to answer my question.
 * I know when I have my answer.
 * I combine what I read with what I know.



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