Using Story to Teach Language Art

Group  presentation  during   LBI  Year   3
Phase  1   :    3 -  7  /  11  /  2014

The    Lesson

Worksheets  

The    Presentation

The   Story book

 The   teaching    materials

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Using storybooks To Teach Young Learners

The  Power    Of   Using   Storybooks    In   The    Classroom  .

What Method to use  ?

#  Shared  Reading

#  Reading  Aloud

#  Storytelling 

What  Kind   of  Stories    ?

#  Folktales

#  Fables

#  Fairy tales

#  Legends

#  Children   story   books

#   Pattern   books

Why  Do  We  Use  Stories   in   Teaching   Language   ?

*   Making  and  responding to stories is one way of being creative  .

*   To  associate the second  language with experience  of  feelings .

*   To  transform  foreign language to second  language  by  using  it  for  real  situation  .

*   One  of  the  best  way  to  develop fluency  skills .

*   Offer  an effective  way  of  introducing  new   language,  making  it  meaningful  and   memorable

*   Stories  have  a natural  role  to  play  in  cross  curriculum  work . (  arising  out  of stories  might  range from a study of food in the Hungry  Caterpillar  story  by  Eric  Carle  for Young  Learners  .)

    (   Andrew   Wright    )

Stories  That   I   Have    Covered   .

The  Very  Hungry   Caterpillar  .

By  Eric    Carle

The   Gruffalo  . By   Julia   Donaldson

We're  Going  On  A   Bear    Hunt   .

By   Michael   Rosen   &    Helen    Oxenbury

Goldilocks  and  The   Three    Bears   .

Five    Little    Ducks  .

Brown   bear ,  brown   bear  ,    What  do  you   see    ?

By    Eric      Carle

What   are  the   follow   up    activities     ?

#   Fill  in  gaps

#   Making  picture   story

#   Sequencing  story  event

#   Questions   and    answer

#   Telling   stories  with    action

#   Reader's  Threatre

#    Matching   story lines    to   pictures
#   Match  words  to  pictures  -   to describe 

                                                  Sequencing   story  event  using   pictures  .

Match   phrases    to   pictures  -  to  describe

                                       The     Classroom  scenario  

             Using   Shared   Reading   technique   to   introduced   a   story   to   Year   3   students .
Shared   reading    can  be  carried  out   every  where  as  long  as    the  place  is  comfortable  and  suitable  for   story telling   session .   It  can  be  done  inside   or    outside    the   classroom  depending   on the  teacher   students    agreement  .

                                                                        Storytelling

The  Learning  activities 

The colour wheel .  Suitable   for   remedial   students . Students  are  asked  to  match  the  phrases ( the cloth  pegs ) to  the pictures on  the   wheel  after  listening  to  the  story of  BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR , WHAT DO YOU SEE ?

Making  'Picture Story' by emphazing the Days of the Week  and  Food after listening to the story of THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR .

Group  activity where  the  students  are  asked  to  sequence the story line  by matching  it  to  the    pictures .  The   story   is  about    GOLDILOCKS AND THE   THREE   BEARS . 

I  love this  activity .  I'm using  TPR ( Total Physical Approach ) in this   story .  Students  are  guided  to  make  some physical  actions to describe every scene that they come across in the story . They will tell the story aloud in the group with  action .  I'm  using  the  story  of  WE'RE  GOING  ON A BEAR  HUNT  by  Michael  Rosen  .  This activity is best for practicing their  pronunciation, enunciation and to build  their self confidence  in  using  the target   language .

Shared Reading To Young Learners ( Year one )

WHAT IS    

SHARED READING ?

 Shared reading is an interactive reading experience that occurs when students join in or share the reading of a book/ big book while guided and supported by a teacher or experienced reader.

It is an enjoyable cooperate reading activity where children participate in reading, learn critical concepts of how print works, get the feel of learning and begin to perceive themselves as readers.(Fountess & Pinnell,1996)

Who is  the   founder   ? 

Click   here      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j44gaKWPGgI

What are the opportunities in Shared Reading..?

* Students able to track print from left to right.   ( Left right orientation )

•Students able to make prediction.

•Students able to enjoy and participate in reading with a high level text supported by a teacher or experienced reader.

Students able to sequence an event of a story .

* Students able to learn Story Elements
( Characters, Setting, beginning, middle, end )
* Students able to communicate and express idea confidently.
* Students can have the opportunity to communicate with the teacher in non formal situation.
* Students have the opportunity to use and practice the target language  .

HOW THE LESSON BEGINS.

Pre Reading

-Students talk about the character

-Talk about the author. Who is the author?

-Students talk about the cover, pictures,colours..etc

During Reading

-Read the story aloud. Invite students to listen/ participate.

-Picture walk.

-Ask brief Questions.

-Make pauses and invite students to make prediction.

-Introduce sight words.

-Invites students to Chime in phrases.

After Reading; ( follow up activities )

 Sequencing story event

Making Picture Story

Vocabulary match

What I have learned about Shared Reading?

•I found new ways of introducing a topic in a lesson.

•Sharing stories using Big Book.

•Read with correct intonation and expression to attract student’s attention.

•Interaction with students to check their comprehension level.

•To relate stories to student’s personal experience.

Upcoming Event : Classroom Action Research (CAR ) Workshop 2014

What  is  Classroom   Action  Research  (    CAR   )     :

It is an interactive activity about solving a classroom issues through action  research workshop which involve the level one primary  teachers within Sandakan  district .

Objectives of the program  :

1.  To  support and guide level one  English  teachers to overcome  their classroom issues .

2.  To guide and share informations on how to come up and prepare an Action  research .

3.  To  promote  a  strong research culture among the English  teachers in  Sandakan  district  .

Aim  :  

To  build  and  create a better understanding on ways to overcome classroom issues among level one Englsih  teachers .


The Committees  :  The Symposium Team of 2013 


The Coordinators :  Rosidah Abu Bakar  /  Stefanie K.Nirmal  /  Freddy Graman

The  dedicated  working committees   :

The working paper of this program  ..

Hoping that  everything will go well according to its  plan ..  wishing all the best of luck  to every working committee involved ..

Sandakan Symposium District Level 2013

What is happening  ?

The Sandakan teachers under the ELTDP British Council had organised a Symposium for Sandakan District level on the 29th August 2013 at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kg. Bahagia Sandakan . This idea came from a friend of mine Noor Aini Hussin  and me  who had attended myself  to the British Council Symposium Kuching  on the  20 - 23 February 2013 in Sarawak  .

Dream comes True .

Our   dream comes true where it has been successfully done .  I would like to say THANK YOU  and  congratulate  my working team , the presenters , volunteers , our mentor from the British Council Breena Cheers and not to forget our PPD Sandakan and JPNS for their financial support and encouragement .

What is a Symposium   ?

I would define the word as " a gathering event  for the purpose of seeking and sharing knowledge "
This is the first Symposium for the East Sabah and three  teachers from the mentoring project namely Rosidah Abu Bakar , Stefanie K. Nirmal and Freddy Graman took the challenge with the helped of a mentor Breena Cheers .  Trisha Thorlby from  the  British Council  Management of the Symposium Kuching in Sarawak  has beautifully define  Sympoisum as a 'Celebration ' a  place to celebrate the teachers' achievement  .

How does it work   ?

This programme was designed to encourage teachers to be a 'Reseacher ' on his or her classroom or school project .  It helps teachers in building his or her teaching development through the reflective teaching process .  The theme for the Sandakan Symposium 2013 is about " EMPOWERING TEACHERS THROUGH RESEARCH  "  Project teachers who has done their classroom research  would come forward to inspire other teachers to discover  their hidden potential through  the  sharing .
At the same time , the purpose of the Symposium is to share the teachers success story through their research project  in school  .

Who are the people involved    ?

This Symposium has created a great opportunity for every individuals who are willing to take the challenges .  The people involved are those mainly from  the mentoring project under the ELTDP . We get the cooperation from the PPD Sandakan under the DTP ( District Transformation Programme ) responsible by En. Ali Rahman the Language officer and Pn. Nurul Syafiqah the Fasi Linus officer .
This programme will not be a legend without the help from the volunteers , the non project member .
JPN Sabah has also contributed their role in providing us the fund under the DTP which is the most important element to run any project programme .  Individuals from the British Council Trisha Thorlby and our Principal Assistant Director ( English Language Unit ) Mr. Mohd Fadzli Rozan  has kindly give   their  moral support through writing in  the Forward Message   of   the programme book .
Not to forget the audience which came from the schools all over Sandakan district  .
 This event was so blessed to have the Beluran district teachers and some head teachers to join and celebrate the good news together .


The participants

There are about 126 participants consist of teachers, head teachers , officers from PPD Sandakan , SISC+ and SIP officers .

What is in the programme  ?

It is a one day event and this Symposium caters 7 Research project presentation and some Educational Exhibition from the Sandakan   teachers  .

                                            Head Teachers from Beluran district .

File folders for the participants

                                             En. Ali Rahman Sandakan Language Officer

                                       

                                                             Mr. Eng SIP officer

The Project Coordinator

The officers from PPD and invited guests from KPM and JPNS

The  working committee

The Classroom Research Presenters

The Exhibiton

A big word of THANK YOU  to  every individuals who has involved directly and indirectly to make this Sandakan Symposium 2013 a success .

Not to forget those people who involved indirectly behind the scene especially to my dearest cousin Miss Dulce Amor Fiel the Graphic Designer of the Sandakan Symposium banner .