| Learner Profile | Asivak is a young mom who wants to eventually get a job as an economic development officer. She is friendly and outgoing but she is not good at details. She understands broad concepts but can’t back up her views with facts. Asivak wants to get her GED. One of the things she needs to be able to do is to read and understand long written articles and reports. |
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| Short Term Goal | To read at a 120 level in order to move toward her employment goal. |
| Demonstration | Asivak must read a newspaper article on a local economic development issue. She must then present the issues to her group. Further, she must refer to specific details to back up her assumptions. Accuracy and reliability are key factors. |
| Skill and Level | Make reasoned judgements about the accuracy and reliability of the information found. |
| Effect of the Learning Disability | Asivak has a problem with word recognition and therefore skims over a text rather than reading for details. She is able to understand the concept but misses details. If she reads for detail she tires quickly and loses her train of thought. |
| Accommodation | Asivak must learn to better identify and isolate supporting details. By writing key words down as she reads, Asivak can go back after she understands the passage as a whole and read the individual sentence with the key words in it. She can then list details under each key word. These details can then be used for her oral presentation. |
| Learner’s Words | “I really like this new way of getting detail. Now I get my cake and eat it too. I know what the article is about and I can answer questions about details. My notes are great and I am now able to be more organized in my presentation.” |