Objectives

Instructional Objective: Students will be able to correctly and independently perform the following actions when reading the Diary of Opal Whiteley: accessing the diary by chapters, by days, by scenes, by paragraphs, and shift among paginations.

Prerequisites

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Materials

Setup

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Instructional Sequence

Script
[Begin this lesson by having students perform step XIII from previous lesson as a warm up and review.]

1. Today we're going to learn about the different ways we can look at pages in Opal's dairy. In a regular book whatever is on a particular page is what you have. There is no way of changing it. In electronic text we can change the way the page looks on our computer screen. We call this pagination. this is one way that electronic text allows each reader to set up the page the way he or she can most easily read it.
   
2. Go to the first page of Opal's diary. [Students perform task.] Now move down the page until you see two boxes with links in them. Raise your hand when you see these boxes. [Check and assist.]
   
   
3. In the box on the left, find the link that says "Chapters". Raise your hand when you see it. [Check and assist.] Now click that link. [Students perform task.] You should now have a page that says "Table Of Contents" and has links for all the chapters of the diary. Raise your hand if that's what you see. [Check and assist.]
   
   
4. Click the link for Chapter 1. [Students perform task.] You should now be on chapter 1 of Opal's diary. Raise your hand if you are. [Check and assist.] Look at the page. In the top right corner and in the bottom right corner you will see the words "Next Chapter" and an arrow pointing to the right. raise your hand if you see it. [Check and assist.]
   
   
5. Move your mouse so the arrow is over these words. What happens to your arrow? [Target answer: It changes to a hand.] What does it mean when your arrow changes to a hand? [Target answer: You have found a link.] yes, you have found a link. If you click on this link it will take you to the next chapter. Watch while I do it. [Teacher performs task.] Now you try it. [Students perform task.] raise your hand if you are now on Chapter 2. [Check and assist.]
   
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   [Repeat steps III through V for Days, Scenes, and Paragraphs.]
   
7. Remember, different people have different ways that they like to read. Some people may find it easier to read if they only have a little bit in front of them at a time. These people might prefer to read the diary using the "Paragraphs" pagination. Others may prefer to have the whole chapter in front of them. They should use the "Chapters" pagination. There may be times when we are all working together on something and I'll have you use a certain -pagination. Whenever you're reading on your own, though, you can use whatever pagination makes reading easiest for you.
   
   [At this point allow students to explore the various pagination types and encourage them to find the pagination that works best for each student's reading style.]