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OPTIC - A Reading Strategy Recipe: Visual Literacy Lesson PlanOPTIC - A Reading Strategy Recipe: Visual Literacy Lesson Plan
Publisher
K20 LEARN
Resource Details
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
3 days
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Presentation
Year
2022
Usage Permissions
Creative Commons
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Language
English, Spanish
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OPTIC - A Reading Strategy Recipe: Visual Literacy

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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

making observations, observational skills, inferences, making inferences, narratives, visual literacy, setting, characterization, plot, conflict, literary analysis

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

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2

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