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Wednesday 19 November 2014

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


Have  fun   teachers ...








Saturday 15 November 2014

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 .














Sunday 21 September 2014

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   ? 


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.

Saturday 8 February 2014

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 ..