I WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST AND 100 POINTS You should now be familiar with strategies to help improve your reading skills before, during, and after reading. Now you will put all these skills together in one informative reading presentation.

This assessment has two parts. Read all parts of the assessment, including the rubric, before beginning.

When you have completed all parts of this assessment, submit it to your instructor for grading in the 03.08 Gist the Thing For You assessment.

This assessment is worth 150 points.

Imagine that a teacher asks you to share your story about improving your reading skills with sixth graders who are struggling with and frustrated by reading. The teacher hopes your story will inspire the students to try some of the strategies you know, helping them to become better readers. In your presentation, you will share information you learned in this path and provide examples of your own work. You may choose from a variety of formats such as a slide show or web blog; visit the Web 2.0 Tools area for ideas.

You may choose how to organize your presentation, but be sure to include these items:

Part I: Reading Strategies

Create a picture or text outline of the reading process that shows pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading strategies
Give an example of how reading can be important to a specific career choice
Explain why reading faster helps you learn more
Include at least one idea for how to read faster

(20 points) passage: this year will be a record-breaking year for storms 1it looks like 2012 will be a year for the record books. thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes have increased across the country. the storms' high winds and heavy rains are making history. early tornado and hurricane seasons 2in march, not usually a busy month for tornadoes, the south and midwest had a large number of twisters. warm weather made conditions ripe for the creation of tornadoes. on some days, twisters dropped from the sky by the dozen. 3hurricane season also came early. two tropical storms hit the southeast in may. two more strong storms followed in june. severe thunderstorms 4many states that have escaped tornadoes and hurricanes have had severe thunderstorms. these giant storms dumped several inches of rain and caused flooding across the northeast and midwest. 5the end of hurricane season is months away, and this year's storm count and rainfall amounts could leave 2011 in the dust. forecasters say the wet, windy weather might stick around until fall. labor day parade rained out 6there is no joy in green town, where the annual labor day parade was called off because of heavy rain. the town's mayor says the parade hasn't been rained out in fifty years. 7a strong band of thunderstorms hit green town on sunday. more than two inches of rain fell each hour. by monday morning, main street looked more like a creek than a parade route. mayor nora bell said she had to call off the parade. "the heavy rains have created a serious safety issue in green town," she said. 8the loss of the labor day parade is green town's second disappointment this summer. in may, the memorial day parade was also called off because of rain. "this must be one of the wettest summers in history," mayor bell said. 9according to the national weather service, mayor bell is right. this summer will break rainfall records in green town and across the country. question: who would obtain the most useful information from the passage? a) someone planning a holiday picnic. b) someone interested in documenting annual meteorological patterns. c) an advocate for the green town labor day parade. d) someone who wishes to do research on the alleged truth of the "global warming" phenomenon.