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	1: 3 Level reading guides By: Greg Jones		04/23/06 10:55 PM	[ Reply \| Forward ]
I have been trying unsuccesfully to incorporate a 3 level reading guide into a sequence. To do this I need to display some text and then have students respond to the text at different levels. The first level of respones can be a True/False type question. The other levels will also be T/F but reuire students to justify their response by referring to the text. The students need to be able to re-read the text while answering the questions. I can't see how I can achieve this with the existing tools. I am a novice as far as LAMS is concerned and would appreciate if you can point out a way to do this. Examples of 3 level guides at: http://www.tki.org.nz/r/esol/esolonline/classroom/teach_strats/3levels/home_e.php Posted by Greg Jones

	2: Re: 3 Level reading guides By: Karen Baskett	In response to 1	04/25/06 07:38 PM	[ Reply \| Forward ]
Hi Greg, You could try the following – To give students the reading text, you can either upload it as a document (word for example) in the Shared Resources activity. Alternatively you can copy and paste the text into a Noticeboad tool – the students will then see the reading as a type of webpage. Then you could follow up the reading using a Multiple Choice quiz. And then next use the Question and answer tool which will allow students to give a longer answer and justify their answer. With this tool the other students will be able to see everyone else’s answer afterwards (but not until they have answered the question themselves). If this is not suitable, you could use the survey tool where there are three types of questions, one of which is – open answer so students can write a longer answer. At all stages during the sequence, students can re-read the text by clicking on the tool in the progress bar in the left hand side. Please feel free to call us (02) 98504156 if you would like me to step you through this process. Karen Posted by Karen Baskett

	3: Re: Re: 3 Level reading guides By: Greg Jones	In response to 2	04/28/06 01:24 AM	[ Reply \| Forward ]
Karen, Thanks for the suggestion, however it seems a bit like shifting a pile of dirt using a toy bucket. You can certainly do it but one trip with a wheel barrow would be much easier and less intimidating. I didn't realise that students could go back - If I can't do it any other way will have to make do with this method. I think it is important that students can easily move back and forward between the text and the questions. I think that the question and answer tool would be really useful in helping students learn from each other in an activity like this. Perhaps the developers may consider this as a future feature. Posted by Greg Jones

	4: Re: 3 Level reading guides By: Karen Baskett	In response to 1	04/30/06 06:22 PM	[ Reply \| Forward ]
Hi Greg, Glad I could help a little, sorry it wasn't a perfect solution. I wasn't really sure what you were trying to achieve. It was great to get your post and I'd love to know more on how you are using LAMS. Where do you teach? Who do you teach and how did you start using LAMS? All the best Karen Posted by Karen Baskett

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