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This OPTIC - A Reading Strategy Recipe: Visual Literacy lesson plan also includes:
- OPTIC: A Reading Strategy Recipe (.pdf)
- Lesson Slides - English (.pptx)
- Lesson Slides - Spanish (.pptx)
- OPTIC Recipe Card - English (.pdf)
- OPTIC Recipe Card - English (.docx)
- OPTIC Recipe Card - Spanish (.pdf)
- OPTIC Recipe Card - Spanish (.docx)
- OPTIC Recipe Card "The Shiner" Answer Key (.pdf)
- OPTIC Recipe Card "The Shiner" - English (.pdf)
- OPTIC Recipe Card "The Shiner" - English (.docx)
- OPTIC Recipe Card "The Shiner" - Spanish (.pdf)
- OPTIC Recipe Card "The Shiner" - Spanish (.docx)
- "The Bully" Answer Key (.pdf)
- "The Bully" by Roger Dean Kiser (.html)
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A visual literary lesson provides learners with OPTIC (Observations, Predictions, Themes, Inferences, Conclusions), a reading strategy to help them understand and interpret visual and written texts. Scholars practice the strategy with a Norman Rockwell painting and a short story and then craft a narrative about the Rockwell image.
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CCSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
Instructional Ideas
- Use the OPTIC strategy frequently in succeeding lessons to reinforce learning
- Use the PowerPoint to guide the lesson
Classroom Considerations
- Requires projection devices for the slideshow, the video, and the images
- Copies are also required
Pros
- The lesson is richly detailed and carefully scaffolded; teacher notes add additional scaffolding to the lesson
- Answer keys are provided for "The Shiner" and "The Bully" model activities
- Materials are available in English and Spanish
- Offers links to explanations of the various learning strategies used in the lesson
Cons
- None