AZ Adult Education Curriculum Alignment 2008-2009  

Program:  ACYR

 ASE I: Reading

 Standard: The adult learner develops and applies reading strategies for the understanding of written materials.

The Reading Standard addresses the following Indicators:

A. Recognition and Decoding Strategies

B. Vocabulary

C. Functional and Informational Text

D. Literary Selections

 Indicator A: Understands and applies recognition and decoding strategies to pronounce and derive the meaning of words

Recognition and Decoding Strategies

Sub-Indicators

Instructional Materials

Unit(s) and/or

Chapter(s)

Additional Instructional Resources

Assessment(s)

Instructors should continue toaddress the sub-indicators of theearlier levels as needed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Indicator B: Acquires and uses new vocabulary in relevant contexts

Vocabulary

Sub-Indicators

Instructional Materials

Unit(s) and/or

Chapter(s)

Additional Instructional Resources

Assessment(s)

1. Applies knowledge of complex Greek and Latin roots to draw inferences about the meaning of specialized vocabulary.

 

 

 Vocabulary University

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2. Interprets idioms, colloquial expressions, ironies, and sarcasm.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Infers the meaning of analogies, metaphors, allusions and similes.

 

Contemporary GED

 Chapter 7

 Metaphor Lesson

 

4. Interprets words with multiple meanings using clues in text such as definitions, examples, restatements, or comparison/contrast.

 

 

 

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 Indicator C:  Applies reading skills to interpret functional and informational text  

Functional & Informational Text

Sub-Indicators

 

Instructional Materials

Unit(s) and/or

Chapter(s)

Additional Instructional Resources

Assessment(s)

1. Compares and contrasts the organizational structures of various expository text (cause and effect, logical order, problem-solution)

 

 Contemporary GED

 Chapter 5

 Reading Business Letters

 

2. Analyzes instructions in informational or technical texts to perform specific tasks, answer questions, or solve problems.

 

 

 

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3. Explains how writers focus ideas, provide evidence and use arguments to persuade others and make their points.

 

 Critical Media Literacy

 

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4. Analyzes two or more texts addressing the same topic to determine how authors reach similar or different conclusions.

 

 

 

 Advertising Gimmicks

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     Indicator D:  Applies reading skills to interpret literary selections  

Literary Selections

Sub-Indicators

 

Instructional Materials

Unit(s) and/or

Chapter(s)

Additional Instructional Resources

Assessment(s)

1. Makes defensible inferences about the elements of narratives, including how they are presented by different authors.

 

 Contemporary GED

 Chapter 6

 

 

2. Reads and interprets the meaning of poetry.

 

 Contemporary GED

 Chapter 7

 Analyzing Poetic Devices

A Letter to Myself

 

3. Reads and interprets drama.

 

 Contemporary GED

 Chapter 8