Sample Teacher Checklist to Support Viewing

1. Do I model effective viewing skills to extend and complement students’ listening and reading skills and strategies?

___ view and discuss different visual texts with students

___ provide varied visual experiences and activities for students to discuss and analyze

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2. Do I use mini-lessons to instruct students in making sense of visual images to enhance students’ listening and reading comprehension?

___ analyze what individuals and groups of students need to know, and build on what they already know

___ provide direct instruction and practice of critical viewing strategies

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3. Do I provide opportunities for students to respond to, interpret, and critically evaluate a variety of visual texts including dance, drama, or multimedia presentations?

___ support students’ unique responses to visual texts

___ teach and model a variety of comprehension strategies that viewers use before, during, and after interacting with visual texts

___ employ and model a variety of strategies to help students respond to visual texts

___ help students extend their initial understanding and interpretations of visual texts

___ help students examine the form, techniques, and symbols employed in visual texts

___ help students understand that each visual text reflects a particular viewpoint and set of values that are shaped by its social, cultural, and historical context

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4. Do I provide students with, and help them to use, a variety of tools to assist with viewing?

___ provide activities and experiences that develop students’ knowledge of visual elements and their effects

___ provide viewing guides and other strategies/supports for viewing

___ include peer learning activities

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6. Do I involve students in assessing their viewing skills and strategies?

___ identify students’ strengths and needs in their critical viewing abilities

___ support students in assessing their own strengths and needs related to viewing

___ assist students in using criteria to review visual texts created by peers and others

___ consider peer, teacher, and self-assessments

___ use checklists, rubrics, anecdotal notes, and other assessment techniques

___ involve students in determining criteria for assessing viewing skills and strategies

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