Three

LevelStudyGuides
ProvidessupportforReading:
Before,During,andAfter

Description:
Three
levelstudyguidesareagreatstrategyforalllevelsofstudentsbecauseofthe
varyingdegreeofskillsrequiredtoanswerthequestions.Thefirstlevelofquestionsis
explicitlyfoundinthetextsostudentswhostrugglewithcomprehensioncanfeela
senseofaccomplishmentbyansweringthesequestions.Thesecondlevelofquestions
requiresabitmoreadvancedcomprehensionskills.Theyarealittleharderthanthefirst
levelbutcanstillbefoundinthetext.Thethirdlevelofquestionsgoesbeyondthetext
andrequiresstudentstoapplywhattheyhavereadtootherconcepts.Thislevel
requiresadvancedcomprehensionskillsandmaybedifficultforstrugglingreaders,but
thelayoutoftheworksheetprovidesasmooth,gradualtransitionfromeasytodifficult.
Studentsareprovidedquestionssothepurposeforthereadingissetbeforetheyread
thetext.Duringthereading,theyareguidedthroughthetextbythethreelevelsof
questions.Afterthereading,thestudentsdiscusstheiranswersasaclass,providingan
opportunitytoreinforcewhattheyhavereadandforclarification.

Directions:
1.Provideanintroductiontothethreelevelsofthinking.2.Studentsshouldreadthetext
individually,seekingevidencefortheirinterpretations
theyareformulatingtothequestions.3.Studentsshouldmeetwithandreach
consensusintheirsmallgroups.4.Leadanentireclassdiscussioninanattemptto
reachwhole
groupconsensus.

Suggestions/Modifications:
Ifyouhavestudentswhoreallystrugglewithreading,youcandividethereadinginto
section(A,B,C...)andwriteontheworksheetwhatsectioneachquestioncomesfrom
tohelpstudentsfindtheanswers.
Afterthestudentshavecompletedthestudyguideanddiscussedasaclassyoucan
havethemeachchooseaquestionfromthethirdlevelofquestionsandwritean
essay/papertoexplorethequestionorconceptfurther.

Three
LevelStudyGuides
DIRECTIONS:Readthefollowinginformation.Thendecidewhichofthe
statementsanswer
thequestionforthatlevel.Check()eachcorrectstatementandbeprepared
tosupportyourchoices.
LevelI

LiteralLevel:Whatdoesthisreadingsayabout
...?_________1._________2._________3.LevelII

Interpretive
Level:Whatdoesthisreadingmean?________1.________2.________3.
LevelIII

AppliedLevel
Howdoesthisinformationapplyintherealworld...?
________1.________2.________3.

Three
LevelStudyGuides
SAMPLEName_____________________________________________
Date________________

Threelevelstudyguide:HowLightEmittingDiodeswork
Reading:http://www.howstuffworks.com/led.htm

Instructions:Scanthestatementsonthisstudyguidebeforereading.Then,duringorafter
reading,placeacheckmarkinthespacenexttothestatementswithwhichyouagree.Be
preparedtoexplainyourchoice.Besuretobeabletorefertothetexttosupportyour
choiceswhetheryouagreewithastatementornot.

LEVELI:RIGHTTHEREONTHEPAGE
___1.LEDsdonothavefilamentthatcanburnout.

___2.AsemiconductorwithextraelectronsiscalledaP
typematerial.

___3.LEDsreleaseahighernumberofphotonsthanotherdiodes.

LEVELII:READINGBETWEENTHELINES
___4.LEDsaremuchmoreefficientthanincandescentbulbs.

___5.LEDsemitlesslightthanincandescentbulbstheirsize.

___6.OnedisadvantageoftheLEDsistheirsize.

LEVELIII:READINGBEYONDTHELINES
___7.TheuseofLEDsisexpandinginrecentyears.

___8.Withtheincreasedfocusonenvironmentallyfriendlypractices,LEDshave
becomeabetteroption.

___9.ItwouldmakesensetouseLEDsinbatteryoperateddeviceswhenpossible.