D770: Secondary Literacy Methods and Interventions

D770 carries the same WGU course title and description as D769: Secondary Literacy Methods and Interventions, built on the multi-tiered system of supports.

The guidebook highlights personalized intervention plans and reading assessments used to make instructional decisions, with screening tools and progress monitoring enhancing comprehension.

This page takes the assessment-driven angle. The question it keeps asking is simple: what does the data say about this reader, and what will you do differently on Monday? Candidates who find the vocabulary of screening and monitoring heavy will benefit from practicing that question until it becomes automatic.

What D770 Covers

Key Concepts Explained

Screening Versus Progress Monitoring

Screening is a brief check, often given to everyone, that flags students who may need help. Progress monitoring is repeated measurement of a specific skill to see whether an intervention is working. They answer different questions and are used at different times.

Writing a Personalized Intervention Plan

A personalized plan names the need, the evidence, the strategy, the schedule, the measure and the review date. Keep it short enough that a colleague could carry it out.

Typical Assignments and How to Approach Them

A Short Study Routine

• Practice reading three small data sets and writing one decision each.
• Draft a plan using the element table, then swap the case and rewrite it.
• List two reasons that would justify a move to a more intensive tier.
• Read your plan as a colleague and mark anything unclear.

Reading a Small Data Set

Suppose a student's weekly oral reading scores over six weeks are 71, 73, 72, 75, 74 and 76 words correct per minute, against a goal line that rises from 70 to 82. The trend is upward but slower than the goal.

1. Describe: a gain of about 1 word per week against a target of about 2.
2. Explain: the intervention is helping but may be under-dosed.
3. Decide: increase sessions from three to five per week and recheck in four weeks.
4. Qualify: six points are a short sample, so keep monitoring before changing tiers.

This describe, explain, decide, qualify pattern works for most data tasks.

Turning the Plan into a Short Case File

Many students find it easier to write one complete case than several general paragraphs. Pick a fictional adolescent reader and build a short file.

• Profile: grade, strengths, interests and a short history of reading performance.
• Screening result: the score and what it flagged.
• Diagnostic detail: the sub-skill that appears weak.
• Plan: the personalized intervention table.
• Monitoring: the measure, the schedule and the decision rule.

Use only fictional or course-provided details. A single worked case can then be adapted to the exact prompt you receive.

Where Students Get Stuck

• Mixing screening and diagnosis. Name which tool does which job.
• Plans without dates. Add review points.
• Over-promising results. Describe expected progress carefully.
• Ignoring student voice. Ask older readers what they find hard.

Study Tips for D770

• Keep a glossary: benchmark, probe, goal line, tier.
• Write every plan in the same table format.
• Pair each measure with a decision rule.
• Use rubric headings in your draft.

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