Corduroy

//Post ideas, information, and materials for using the book Corduroy here.//


 * TEACHER INSTRUCTIONS**
 * Divide students into pairs.
 * Distribute 2 pictures from the story to each group, along with 4-5 vocabulary words used with those pictures in the story
 * Part 1:
 * Find out what the words mean
 * Write 1 sentence about each picture
 * Use all the words on the word list
 * Partner A turns in the worksheet.
 * Partner B obtains 2 sentence strips.
 * Part 2:
 * Find out what your sentence strip says
 * Brainstorm sound effects for your sentence strip with your partner
 * Sound effects should make the story easier to understand
 * Each partner records their sentence on the computer
 * Return your sentence strip to the pile and sit down
 * Part 3:
 * Listen to the story as a class
 * (To make this more interactive, the teacher could post key pictures around the room and ask half of the class to move toward the appropriate pictures when they hear the picture described. The other half of the class could remain seated, crossing off pictures on bingo boards as they hear them described.)


 * RESOURCES**

[|Corduroy] - A few pages from the English version of the book can be viewed online (these could be projected for Describe & Draw types of activities) user:chericem1

[|Reading Corduroy in a Classroom Setting: The Multiple Reading Technique] - This nicely illustrated handout provides a step-by-step guide teachers can use to read the story aloud to a group of students. The guide offers page-by-page suggestions for gestures the teacher could use to make the story more comprehensible, questions the teacher could ask to activate/build prior knowledge, and ideas for making multiple passes through the text for different purposes user:chericem1

[|Corduroy (Speaking Activities)] - Although designed for elementary school, nearly all of these activities could be used as the basis for post-reading speaking activities with secondary students user:chericem1

[|Corduroy Favorites (Writing Activity)] - This journal entry form could serve as a model for a writing assignment in Spanish user:chericem1

[|44 Corduroy Lesson Plans] - Rated (1 star to 5 star) and grade level is indicated. Some neat ideas in here user:chericem1