The document discusses reading with purpose in the foreign language classroom. It defines reading with purpose as giving students a reason to read by having them focus on a specific goal. Examples of goals include entertainment, obtaining information, and completing performance-based assessments. The document provides characteristics of reading tasks that have purpose, such as allowing student choice, using interesting topics, including pre-reading activities, and creating real-world tasks. It also gives specific examples of tasks like having students find an apartment ad that meets criteria or choose a reading to report on.

1. Elizabeth Knutson Reading withpurpose: communicativereadingtasksfortheforeignlanguageclassroom Presentedby: J. Bullinger

2. Objectives: Be ableto define readingwithpurpose Be abletolistsomecharacteristics of readingtasksthathavepurpose Be abletocreateunits and lessonplansthatincorporatemeaningful, authenticreadingtasks.

3. ACTFL: Standards & ProficiencyGuidelines Interpretivecommunication ProficiencyGuidelines: Novice: identifycontextualizedwords and phrases; rereading. Intermediate: readconsistently simple connectedtextsaboutbasic and social needs. Advanced: read simple prose of severalparagraphs in length Superior: read at normal speedexpositoryproseonunfamiliarsubjects Distinguished: readallstyles of writingwithfluency and accuracy

4. Reading withPurpose: defined Givestudents a reasontoread Studentshave a goal in mindwhenreading General goals: Entertainment: Information:

5. Reading withPurpose BackwardsDesign Performance-basedAssessments Importance of Interconnectedskills: Reading Writing Speaking Listening

6. Waystocreatepurpose in reading: Allowstudentschoice Pick topicsthatinterestthestudents Givestudentsthepurpose of thereadingbeforehand. i.e. “youwillcreate a list of character, events, orfactsthatyoufoundinteresting in thistext. Be preparedto share thesewiththerest of theclass”

7. Waystocreatepurpose in reading: Create a real-world performance taskforthestudents: i.e.Studentsreadan ad in thenewspaperfor a job and mustwrite a letterrespondingtothe ad. Include pre-readingactivities i.e. a classdiscussionsaboutthetopicorthemes of thestory.

8. Lluvia de ideas: Whatmeaningful/purposefulreadingtaskshaveyoupresented in yourclass? Share bestreadingpractices.

9. Ideas fromthearticle: Studentscreate portfolios of textsfrom magazines and newspaperson a topic of interest. Students read a set of ads for apartments and find the one that fits a particular set of requirements. Students look through movie listings and reviews to decide whether to see a particular movie (explain why or why not).

10. Ideas fromthearticle: Students respond to a written invitation. Studentschoose a readingoutside of class and make a writtenor oral reportonitforclass.

11. La Pruebita: Whatismeantbytheterm “readingwithpurpose”? (2 pts.) List 4 characteristics of readingtasksthathavepurpose. (4 pts.) Name and explain a performance-basedassessmentthat has a readingtask. (4 pts.)

12. Las respuestas: Whatismeantbytheterm “readingwithpurpose”? (2 pts.) Tohave a goal in mindwhenreading Togivestudents a rationale/reasontoread. List 4 characteristics of readingtasksthathavepurpose. (4 pts.) Allowstudentchoice Pick topicsthatinterestthestudents Pre-readingactivities Create a real-worldtask Name and explain a performance-basedassessmentthat has a readingtask. (4 pts.)