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Reading Visuals
Reading Visuals & Visual Literacy: Making meaning from information presented in the form of
an image
What is Running Through My Head At Work
How long 'til Christmas Vacation?I need more coffee!2:20, 2:20, 2:20, 2:20, 2:20, 2:20The theme song from Star Wars
Reading Visuals: 5 Steps1) Identify the type of visual
2) Determine the topic of the visual
3) Examine the given information from the visual (including all introductory text)
4) Develop predictions, deductions, inferences or conclusions about the visual
5) Analyze the questions and determine the information needed from the visual
Reading Visuals: 6 StepsoPTICS
OverviewPartsText/TitleInnardsConclusionSo What?
Reading Visuals: 6 StepsoPTICS
OverviewPartsText/TitleInnardsConclusionSo What?
Reading Visuals: 6 StepsoPTICS
OverviewPartsText/TitleInnardsConclusionSo What?
ACT
SCIENCEEXPLORE Test
Answer Key: C, F, D
40% correct
40% correct
23% correct
Reading Visuals: 6 StepsoPTICS
OverviewPartsText/TitleInnardsConclusionSo What?
Directions for Think-Pair-Share:
1)Get in a group of 32)Choose a chart to
analyze
3)Apply OPTICS
4)Share
Reading Visuals: 6 StepsoPTICS
OverviewPartsText/TitleInnardsConclusionSo What?
Reading Visuals: 6 StepsoPTICS
OverviewPartsText/TitleInnardsConclusionSo What?
Reading Visuals: 6 StepsoPTICS
OverviewPartsText/TitleInnardsConclusionSo What?
Reading Visuals: 6 StepsoPTICS
OverviewPartsText/TitleInnardsConclusionSo What?
Reading Visuals: Classroom Applications
oPTICS
OverviewPartsText/TitleInnardsConclusionSo What?
How will
you use
OPTICS in
YOUR
classroom?
Reading Visuals
oPTICS
OverviewPartsText/TitleInnardsConclusionSo What?
Ideas for My Classroom:1)
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• Use for Bell work• Introduce a major concept• Tie into a literature & primary source piece• Show statistics related to area of study• Practice ACT Science/Math• Relate to current events
• Students create & explain• Compare and contrast graph
types for effectiveness• Writing Prompt• Analyze & Predict Trends• Check for understanding• Exit Strategy