Lesson COG 65
Task: Answergeneral questions about reading.
Prerequisites: COG 64, S&L 15
Concept: This activity is an extension of the prerequisite skill of answering yes/no questions about reading (COG 64). The initial effort is to modify the yes/no concept into a single-word (preferably a noun) response. The program effort later expands to two-word responses, most likely of the noun—verb variety.
Behavioral Objective: When presented with a short article on a topic of interest to the student, the student will read the article and answer basic questions regarding the story content to a 90% accuracy level for 20 trials.
Materials: Short stories or articles on topics that are perceived to be of interest to the student.
Task Analysis:
1. Begin with repeating the concept of answering yes/no types of questions about a specific article (COG 64).
2. Continue Step 1, stopping after a yes/no response, and ask a question about the story that would require a one-word response such as a character's name or an action performed. If the student does not respond, provide the answer and prompt the student to verbally imitate the answer. Continue with just that one question until only verbal prompting, but not imitation, is needed.
3. Continue Step 2, reducing the prompting for the single-word response until the one-word answer is given without prompting.
4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for a variety of other questions that would require a one-word response.
5. Using the concepts of Steps 1 and 2, expand the answer potential to a two-word response and prompt as needed.
6. Continue the concept of Step 4 to receive a variety of answers that relate to the story.