PPT-Orienting to More Complex Texts

Lesson 2 Unit 2 Tackling Complexity of Nonfiction Teaching point Today I want to teach you that when readers orient themselves to complex nonfiction texts they use text features and their knowledge of the topic to help But a you begin reading you also need to live in the gray area for a while to tolerate confusion knowing the focus of the text may revealed slowly . Why?. You will read a wide range of texts in many academic disciplines as preparation for college and the workplace.. Comprehending Complex Texts. What?. A complex text is a work that contains. challenging vocabulary,. . A Neural Basis for Visual Search in Inferior Temporal Cortex. Leonardo . Chelazzi. et al. (1993) Nature. How are you doing on your projects?. By now you should have sorted out:. The theory is that:. Chellazi et al. (1993) Nature 363 Pg 345 - 347 . Different Pathways , Different Processes. Retinocollicular vs. Retinostriate. Recall that 10% of optic nerve gets routed through the Superior Colliculus (SC). Amy Painter . 3. rd. Grade Teacher. Chesnee Elementary School. Agenda for Our Time . My Road Block. What is Text Complexity. Common Core Implementation . Complex Text Analysis Activity. Questions and Discoveries. Read article by Anne . Treisman. . Orienting Attention. Control of Attention. Major Distinctions:. Voluntary. Reflexive. Control of Attention. Major Distinctions:. Voluntary. Reflexive. Overt. Covert. Hillyard. et al. (1960s) showed attention effects in human auditory pathway using ERP. Selective listening task using headphones. Every few minutes the attended side was reversed. Thus they could measure the brain response to identical stimuli when attended or unattended. Neglect, Extinction and . Balint’s. Syndrome. Orienting Spatial Attention. Corbetta. et al. (1993). Subjects oriented attention according to a light moving in the visual field. Orienting Spatial Attention. Popular Culture in American History. February 7, 2013. Congratulations NNCSS Teachers of the year. Sundae Eyer: Social Studies Middle School. Stacy Drum: Social Studies Elementary School. Attendance check. Agnosia. Lesions (especially in the left hemisphere) of the inferior temporal cortex lead to disorders of memory for people and things. recognition and identification are impaired. prosopagnosia is a specific kind of agnosia: inability to recognize faces. Realizing Opportunities for English Language . Learners . In the Words of Lily Wong Fillmore. . .. English language learners [ELL] are provided materials that are so greatly simplified that they provide virtually no exposure to the forms and structures of the language they should be learning … [There’s] a lot of attention and energy focused on turning ELLs into English speakers, and not nearly enough on educating them. . State Standards. Adapted from Achieve the Core and presented to Directors of Special Education. February 6, 2014. The Background of the Common Core. Initiated by the National Governors Association (NGA) and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) with the following design principles. Grades 6-8 ELA. . . Winter . 2017. We know from experience the hard work teachers face every day as they strive to help their students meet the challenges set by higher standards.. We are dedicated to empowering teachers by providing free, high-quality standards-aligned resources for the classroom, the opportunity for immersive training through our Institute, and the option of support through our website offerings.. Grades 9-12 ELA. ELA Winter 2017. We . know from experience the hard work teachers face every day as they strive to help their students meet the challenges set by higher standards.. We are dedicated to empowering teachers by providing free, high-quality standards-aligned resources for the classroom, the opportunity for immersive training through our Institute, and the option of support through our website offerings. October 17, 2012 . . 2. 46% of BPS students speak a language other than English as their first language. BPS students. ’. families are from over 100 countries. BPS students speak over 80 different first languages.