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The learner will read an annual update from a community organization and answer questions about programs offered.
Competency A: Find and Use Information
Task Group A1: Read continuous text
Level: 2
At this level, learners: Read texts to locate and connect ideas and information
Performance Descriptors
The learner: 
•    Makes connections between sentences and between paragraphs in a single text 
•    Scans text to locate information 
•    Locates multiple pieces of information in simple texts 
•    Reads more complex texts to locate a single piece of information 
•    Makes low-level inferences 
•    Follows the main events of descriptive, narrative, and informational texts 
•    Obtains information from detailed reading 
•    Begins to identify sources and evaluate information 
Task Descriptors
•    Scope of task is clearly defined
•    Involves one text
•    Is one paragraph or longer
•    May include unfamiliar elements (e.g. vocabulary, context, topic)
Text types: 
instructional, descriptive, narrative, and informational texts 
Examples:
ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario - A1.2
shirley.cunningham replied on Permalink
Learner found this interesting and helpful. She rates it a 4 out of 5