What is a Literature Cyberlesson?

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What is a Literature Cyberlesson?
Cyberlesson Template

• Coined by Dr. Susan Tancock, Ball State, Indiana,
  definition modified to literature cyberlesson
  (Kurkjian Kara-Soteriou)
• Methods comprehension framework to guide students
  through text
• BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER AND BEYOND STRATEGIES
• Draws on Internet Technology and multiple sources
  of information
• Literature Cyberlesson conveys that there is a
  focus on childrens literature
• (fiction nonfiction)
• Used in a variety of group settings
• Used with varying levels of teacher support,

Cyberlessons
Internet Project cyberlesson http//www.reading.c
csu.edu/kurkjian/Internet20Project/new_page_1.htm

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CYBERLESSON GUIDELINES FOR EACH SLIDES OR WEBPAGES
Introduction
SLIDE 1. Short INTRODUCTION lets audience know
what is coming and generates interest.
Materials
SLIDE 2. The list of RESOURCES AND MATERIALS
needed for the cyber lesson is complete.
Materials are provided along the way such as
websites, graphic organizers, etc. Websites are
appropriate to the book, age of the child and
activity.
Before Reading
SLIDE 3. THE BEFORE READING ACTIVITY is feasible.
It builds background, generates interest in the
book and helps reader to make predictions and set
the purpose for reading.
During Reading
SLIDE 4. THE DURING READING ACTIVITY helps reader
to move through the text by helping to keep track
of events and/or generating and confirming
predictions.
SLIDE 5. THE AFTER READING ACTIVITY should
encourage the reader to respond to, revisit
and/or rethink about the text by having the
reader relive an important event, put
him/herself in the shoes of a character, consider
an important idea, or evaluate the text by some
criteria.
After Reading
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SLIDE 6. THE BEYOND READING ACTIVITY should help
the reader extend beyond the text making
connections to other related texts such as books,
movies, music, and events. This activity can also
help provide more background information to an
aspect of the book that has not been elaborated.
(information about the setting, time frame etc.)
Beyond Reading
Rubric
SLIDE 7. THE RUBRIC helps the reader to assess if
tasks were completed satisfactorily. The rubric
identifies what the reader has to do and to what
degree in order to complete the cyber lesson
successfully.
Credit Page
SLIDE 8. CREDIT PAGE cites Internet sites and
graphics and other references where applicable.