Reading
Lessons
- Lessons use tutorials and quizzes.
- Tutorials have slides with text and pictures.
- Learners can use the built-in screen reader.
- Other learning tools include dictionaries, translators and text highlighting.
- After watching a tutorial, learners complete a short quiz to check their knowledge.
- Lessons are grouped by level and subject.
Reading Comprehension Strategies
These lessons teach strategies for reading and understanding documents, information, stories and novels. They are helpful for learners preparing for high school credit courses, college programs or the GED Test. Lessons are available in 3 levels and cover the following skills:
finding main ideas |
using prior knowledge |
Reading 3 - Poetry
Poetry is a special kind of writing in which descriptive language is used to create images and feelings. Understanding poetry will help you pass the GED Language Arts Reading Test. In this lesson, you will learn to identify the effects of rhythm, rhyme and figurative language in a poem. You will interpret words that stand for symbols and images that contribute to the mood and tone of the text and impact the meaning of a poem.
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Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension
These lessons have 3 sections: Word Lists, Practice, and Reading Passages. In each assignment, learners are introduced to 10-20 words. Words are used in sample sentences and can be read out loud. Words are also broken down into prefixes, roots and suffixes and listed with synonyms and antonyms. After studying, learners remember and use definitions in practice questions. In the last activity, learners read 3 passages of text and answer questions about key details.
Courses
- Created by the LearningHUB Team!
- Designed for literacy learners. The perfect introduction to online learning.
- Each course is 3-6 units.
- Each unit has a learning objective.
- Activities include pages to read, videos, journal-writing, short assignments, quizzes and more.
Interpreting Tables, Charts, and Other Visual Aids
You may have heard the phrase, “A picture is worth a thousand words”. We often use pictures like tables, charts, or other visual aids to help us understand information based on numbers or verbal information. You can find them in newspapers or advertisements, or on itemized bills and receipts. You may need to interpret them to compare phone or internet plans, to help with budgeting, or to view and understand election polls and results. In this course, you will learn how information is organized into tables and how to read and interpret tables. Then, you will learn how charts such as bar, line, or pie charts are used to visually represent the information found in tables. Finally, you will learn how to read and interpret other visual aids such as bus and train maps, posters, and computer icons.
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Reading Stories of Social Change 1
This course is packed with reading examples of everyday people who took a stand in everyday ways: refusing to go along with unfair situations, writing letters, sharing their stories, voting, using humour, and starting conversations in the name of social change. For each story, you will check your understanding, learn vocabulary, and study word attack strategies. This is the first course in a 3-course series.
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Reading Stories of Social Change 2
This course is packed with reading examples of everyday people who took a stand in everyday ways: refusing to go along with unfair situations, writing letters, sharing their stories, voting, using humour, and starting conversations in the name of social change. For each story, you will check your understanding, learn vocabulary, and study word attack strategies. This is the second course in a 3-course series.
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Reading Stories of Social Change 3
This course is packed with reading examples of everyday people who took a stand in everyday ways: refusing to go along with unfair situations, writing letters, sharing their stories, voting, using humour, and starting conversations in the name of social change. For each story, you will check your understanding, learn vocabulary, and study word attack strategies. This is the third course in a 3-course series.
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Live Classes
- Taught by a LearningHUB Practitioner.
- 1-2 hours long and run at a set date and time.
- Available October-November, January-February and April-May.
- Now running in Zoom!
Bibliotherapy - Read to Learn
Join our Read to Learn live class to explore reading in a new way. There are 4 classes in this series. In this class learners will explore carefully selected pieces. Bibliotherapy uses literature to spark discussion, conversation and reflection in small groups in order to strengthen community connections and personal resilience. This class is perfect for readers of all levels.
Reading Strategies
Reading is so much more than recognizing words on a page. To remember and understand what we read, we need to use strategies. These are steps we can follow to help us break down ideas, ask questions, get information, or simply enjoy a good story! The fact is, reading strategies take practice and this class is a great starting point. You can also use the skills you learn in this class to help with the reading lessons you are completing with the LearningHUB.