International School Cartagena CLASE Versión 00-12 Código FO-DC-01 Página 1 de 22 Área: ENGLISH Asignatura: ENGLISH Curso: 3rd Fecha: Periodo: I NºHoras: 12hr Semana: 3 Tema: Strategies for Reading Comprehension. Simple Present Tense. Do-Does Indicador de Logro The Student will be able to use Simple Present and Verb to be to write down a short story using the Diagrams. Exploraci ón What does a plot diagram mean? Contextualización El estudiante sabe usar los Diagramas para entender el contenido de una historia, reúne y organiza la información importante para luego expresar lo acontecido con sus propias palabras y/o crear una nueva historia. Conceptualización Teaching plot helps kids better comprehend the story and its structure. It also aids them with their own story writing. Using a mixture of plot teaching strategies gives the kids lots of practice at identifying plot elements in a story. Teaching Plot: Teaching plot asks the kids to focus on the main details that make up the action in the story. Using a variety of plot activities helps the kids gain a better understanding of plot. In its simplest form, the plot is basically what happens in the story. It seems simple enough, but kids often have difficulty picking out the important elements of the story that make up the plot. The plot consists of a certain set of events that propel the reader through the story. Teaching the kids these
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Área: ENGLISH Asignatura: ENGLISH Curso: 3rd
Fecha: Periodo: I NºHoras: 12hr Semana: 3
Tema: Strategies for Reading Comprehension.Simple Present Tense. Do-Does
Indicadorde Logro
The Student will be able to use Simple Present and Verb to be to write down a short story using the Diagrams.
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Exploración What does a plot diagram mean?
Contextualización
El estudiante sabe usar los Diagramas para entender el contenido de una historia, reúne y organiza la información importante para luego expresar lo acontecido con sus propias palabras y/o crear una nueva historia.
Conceptualización
Teaching plot helps kids better comprehend the story and its structure. It also aids them with their own story writing. Using a mixture of plot teaching strategies gives the kids lots of practice at identifying plot elements in a story.
Teaching Plot:
Teaching plot asks the kids to focus on the main details that make up the action in the story. Using a variety of plot activities helps the kids gain a better understanding of plot.
In its simplest form, the plot is basically what happens in the story. It seems simple
enough, but kids often have difficulty picking out the important elements of the story
that make up the plot. The plot consists of a certain set of events that propel the
reader through the story. Teaching the kids these parts of the plot helps them identify
the important events in the story.
Plot Basics:
Exposition: This is the introductory information that is needed to
understand the story.
Rising Action: This component is the conflict that kicks off the action in
the story.
Climax: As its name insinuates, this is the point in the story where the
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action and conflict comes to a peak.
Resolution: The conflict in the story is resolved to end the story.
Graphic Organizers for Plot:
Graphic organizers are a useful teaching tool for many different concepts. Graphic organizers for teaching plot help the students break down the story events.
Plot Diagram:A plot diagram is a line that mimics the action in the story. The beginning of the line is
typically fairly straight as the plot is introduced. As the rising action is introduced and
the climax nears, the line moves up to a point much like a mountain. The line then
moves down toward the resolution. The students fill in the details specific to the story
they are reading on the plot diagram.
TimelineA timeline is another visual aid used to document the plot. Instead of a line that
moves up and down, a timeline is simply a straight line on the paper. The student
starts at the left side of the line with the beginning of the story. The major events
including the rising action and climax are marked chronologically on the timeline. The
right end of the timeline is where the conclusion of the story is located. A timeline
helps the child see the cause and effect that creates the plot of the story.
Flow ChartFlow charts use a series of boxes and arrows to depict the flow of the plot. You can
create a template for the flow chart or let kids draw their own boxes and arrows on a
plain piece of paper. The beginning of the story is placed in the first box. Subsequent
events in the story are added in other boxes. The boxes are connected with arrows to
show that one event led to the next.
Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension:
There are a number of strategies for teaching reading comprehension available to the homeschooling parent.
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When working with a small number of students, as in a homeschool situation, it is easier to see when a student is having problems with comprehension and consequently, it is easier to figure out a solution.
No matter what homeschooling method you use you can integrate a variety of ways to
increase reading comprehension from the earliest grades. You should use different
ways to teach comprehension to keep your student both interested and progressing in
this skill.
NarrationNarration is a tool most often associated with the Charlotte Mason method. It is one of
the best ways to help your child remember what has been read. Narration can be
used at any age or reading level.
At the very earliest stages, you read a paragraph or two to your child, and have him
tell it back to you. This can be lots of fun, and isn't much different than your child
telling you about the latest movie he saw or cartoon he watched. Choose a few
paragraphs from the book you are reading and read aloud, slowly and carefully. When
you are done, allow your child to tell you what the passages were about and what he
remembers from them without any prompting from you. The first few times he may
only remember one thing. Be patient. This can take a few tries, and the smallest
progress should be commended.
Once your child can read on his own, you will do the same thing with paragraphs from
the reading assignments he has. Have him read a paragraph or two, and tell you what
he remembers. Again, it is important that you don't prompt him but allow him to
process what he has read in his own way. Over time, comprehension levels will
increase dramatically and your child may well remember 80 percent or more of what
he reads because he is learning to focus.
Exploring the MaterialAnother strategy for reading comprehension that can be especially helpful in the older
grades is to have your child keep a journal about what he is reading for history or
science. Before he begins a chapter, have him write down everything he knows about
the subject. Next, he should write down the things he hopes to learn in the reading.
Finally, have him write down a list of the things he actually learned from the chapter.
Keep it simple and allow him to write notes rather than perfectly crafted sentences. At
this point, your focus needs to be on what he remembers rather than his grammar.
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Graphic OrganizersGraphic Organizers are helpful tools for children who learn visually. You may also
know them as mind maps. They can take many forms depending on the grade level,
the reason you are creating one and personal preference.
Series of Events Chain - This map helps the student break down his
reading chronologically into a series of events. The first event is listed on
top with an arrow pointing down to the next event that happened in the
story and so on.
Spider Map or Cloud Chart - Taking many forms, the spider map is helpful
for sorting information. A central theme is written in a large cloud in the
center of a piece of paper. Spokes come out of the cloud to attach to
clouds with supporting information. This can get quite complex as reading
level and understanding increase, but cloud charts can be used as early
as fourth grade.
Cycle Map - A cycle map is used to chart the cycle of something; a water
cycle, life cycle or other cyclic series of events.
Reading worksheets-
Reading worksheets can be used to teach important
concepts as well as for review. These worksheets are used in helping students with
reading comprehension and a variety of literary concepts. The content of these
worksheets includes articles, essays, poetry and stories, all geared toward making
students better readers.
Reading worksheets can be used to teach children who are beginning readers, all the
way through high school. While beginning readers are just learning the skills
necessary for reading, advanced students can benefit from reading comprehension.
After all, what is the point of reading quickly if you can't remember anything that you
have read?
The following just a few of the concepts that can be taught using worksheets:
Story Title: Little Red Cap (Little Red Riding Hood) Author: The Brothers Grimm Source: The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Pantheon Books, 1994. Theme: Don’t Talk to Strangers Setting: The Dark Woods Characters:Red Cap - A little girl around 7 or 8, dressed in red. Carries a basket, and likes to pick flowers in the wood. She has a high pitched, innocent voice.Mother - A young woman with a soft, kind voice.
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Big Bad Wolf - A hairy beast with long teeth and a fake smile who likes to trick little children and eat grandmothers. Has a medium pitched sneaky kind of voice.Grandmother - An elderly woman who is not feeling very well today. She has a weak scratchy voice that trembles a little. She likes to call the wolf “Sonny”.Woodsman - A strong, brave man who carries an ax. He has a deep rich voice.STORY OUTLINEIntroduction:Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by all who knew her, but most of all by her grandmother.Beginning Event:The grandmother gets sick and so Mother sends Red Cap off with a basket of goodies for her. Mother cautions Red to stay on the path.
Plot Development:• Red Cap must go through the dark woods to get to Grandmother's. On the
way she meets the Big Bad Wolf who wants her basket of goodies.• He convinces Red to take a longer route, to “pick flowers”, and heads off to
Grandmother's house.• He eats Grandmother and then dresses up as her.• When Red arrives he pretends to be Grandmother.• Red notices first his big ears, then his eyes, hands, and finally his teeth.
Climax:The wolf jumps up and eats Red Cap!Conclusion:• A woodman comes by and hearing the wolf snoring, stops in.• He sees what has happened, cuts the wolf open and saves Red and
Grandmother.• The woodsman takes the wolfskin home. Red and Grandma eat the goodies
in the basket.• Red learns never to leave the safety of the path when walking in the dark
