Devine+GLT2

=GLT 2=

Content objective
Students will improve listening and reading comprehension through oral and individual reading. Students will be formally and informally assessed on their understanding of the novel. Students will also be introduced to twelve new words. They will come up with gestures to remember them, and create a story as a class. Students should be able to use these words in context after the lesson. Then, they will review their vocabulary from the semester, and practice their writing ability through a free write activity.

MI standards that apply
//1.1//- Intepersonal communication: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. //1.2//- Interpretive communication: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. //1.3//- Presentational Communication: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners on a variety of topics. //2.1//- Practices and perspectives: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. //3.2//- Point of view: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available though the world language and its cultures. //4.1//- Comparing languages: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own. //4.2//- Comparing cultures: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own. //5.2//- Personal enrichment: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

Assessment
Students are informally assessed everyday through classroom circling techniques. Students will be formally assessed through oral and written quizzes over their vocabulary words and the novel they are reading.

Questions/concerns
Since this unit includes a lot of reading from our novel, I am interested in learning different reading techniques as a class that will keep kids engaged. I do have the novel on tape that I use sometimes, but I would like a few different activities to vary the material and how it is given to them. Have any ideas? Please post them here! :)

Wow - I'm impressed with your advanced preparation and organization! Here are a few ideas for reading:
 * Students can read a section of the novel in small groups. The students ought to have a purpose for reading -- for instance, "As you read find out which of these situations really happened" then list several scenarios or the task might be to figure out how to retell the story section from a different perspective (e.g. How would this story have been different if Brad Pitt were the main character?)
 * Give students small sticky notes --- instruct them to place a sticky not next to sections that they find difficult or interesting. You can have them write symbols on the sticky notes -- i.e. a star could represent "this surprised me," a question mark "I have a question," a ~ could mean "I'm curious about the Spanish here," etc. Then they can discuss what they marked with partners or small groups.
 * Adapt the text into a reader's theater -- assign parts and characters and read aloud like a play.
 * Students can write comprehension questions from the text to be used to quiz each other or for a class game.
 * Students predict what will happen next - they can vote on the preferred ending.

Hope some of these ideas are useful! user:Anny1