Activity+1+-+Middle+School

Activity 1 - Readily Accessible Tools to Support Reading Comprehension Strategies - MS Word, Mac Speech and Inspiration

 * ====**Open up this file and follow the directions in the handout.**====
 * **MSWord doc - Cheetah [[file:Cheetah.research.worldbook(10).doc]]**


 * ====**Readability Statistics**====
 * ====MSWord >Tools > Spelling and Grammar > Options Button > Check Readability Statistics====
 * ===**Reading** **using the Mac Text to Speech Tool**===
 * ====Go to System Preferences > Select Speech > Select a Voice > Create a Hot Key to activate Text-to-Speech (Command+Option+T)====


 * ===**Reading Strategies using MSWord - Highlighting Tools and Inspiration**===
 * ====**>>MSWord - Highlighting Tools (located on the formatting toolbar)** ====
 * ==== Select the yellow highlighter. Highlight the main topics and subtopics (words in **bold**) ====
 * ==== Select the green highlighter. Highlight the Main Idea for each topic. ====
 * ==== Select the turquoise highlighter. Highlight one supporting detail for each topic. ====
 * ==== Select the pink highlighter. Highlight new vocabulary ====


 * ===>>Inspiration - Open Inspiration Cheetah file===
 * Create a Topic Web and take notes in the writing view in Inspiration
 * Export to MSWord
 * Example: Inspiration - Cheetah with notes
 * Example: MSWord - Cheetah 2 column notes with images

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 * ===Using Awesome Highlighter and Mac Speech - __if time allows__===
 * In the second part of this activity, we will be using an online tool, [|Awesome Highlighter], to support reading comprehension and note taking on the web. Copy and Paste this URL into Awesome Highlighter:[| http://www.cheetah.org/?nd=general_info]
 * Follow the directions by the instructor and in the handout.