PROGRAMA DE EDUCACIÓN PLURILINGÜE CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Provincia de Buenos Aires Gobernador Dn. Daniel Scioli Vicegobernador Lic. Gabriel Mariotto Directora General De Cultura y Educación Dra. Nora De Lucia Vicepresidente 1ro del Consejo General de Cultura y Educación Dr. Claudio Crissio Jefe de gabinete Cdor Fernando Spinoso Subsecretario de Educación Dr. Néstor Ribet Coordinadora Ejecutiva de Unidad Coordinación de Programas Lic María Elena Patzer Coordinadora Programa de Educación Plurilingüe Prof. Ana Cendoya programasba.abc.gov.ar © 2015, Dirección General de Cultura y Educación Unidad de Coordinación de Programas CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” Presentación Todas las actividades propuestas en el Diseño Curricular para EP tienen el propósito de estimular la toma de conciencia sobre cómo funcionan distintos aspectos del discurso oral y escrito en la lengua extranjera. A través de variados intercambios orales y del trabajo con textos, los niños interactúan con las diversas expresiones que, con apoyo del docente, pueden utilizar en sus propios textos. De este modo, escuchan, hablan, leen y escriben como modos alternativos pero simultáneos de aproximarse a la lengua. La clase de inglés constituye quizá el único contexto en el que la mayoría de los niños puede “hablar” inglés con otros de manera sistemática. Por eso es necesario promover en el aula un fuerte trabajo sobre la oralidad. La clase de inglés debe desarrollarse en inglés, restringiendo las intervenciones docentes en lengua materna a las que se consideren absolutamente indispensables. En nuestro contexto provincial, la exposición y producción oral en lengua extranjera es posible casi exclusivamente cuando el niño se encuentra en clase, por lo que el docente debe construir este espacio en el aula. En esta propuesta, el docente se constituye en modelo en el uso de la lengua y secuencia las tareas para que los niños reconozcan las reglas. Los niños descubren por sí mismos cómo funciona la lengua en distintos niveles (lingüístico, discursivo, pragmático, socio-cultural) y generan las reglas lingüísticas (lexicales, gramaticales, sintácticas, fonológicas), discursivas y pragmáticas pertinentes, que irán profundizando a medida que toman contacto creciente con la lengua. DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 3 Contents Introducción .................................................... 5 Unit 1: The man and the tree ............................. 8 Unit 2: My love for cats ........................................ 11 Unit 3: My land ..................................................... 14 Unit 4: Magic fairies .......................................... 16 Unit 5: My neighborhood ................................... 20 Unit 6: My world ................................................... 22 © 2015, Dirección General de Cultura y Educación Unidad de Coordinación de Programas Equipo del Programa de Educación Plurilingüe: Lic Verónica Wolgeschaffen. Lic Ana M. Otero. Prof Jorgelina Carlassare. Equipo de producción: Programa Artes y Medios. Coordinación: Adriana Vidal. Diseño y Diagramación: Prof Florencia Peretti. DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 4 CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” Introdución LITERATURA EN LA CLASE DE INGLÉS El docente construirá un espacio áulico de contención y de disfrute de la literatura que facilite las primeras experiencias positivas en lengua extranjera. Los textos literarios incentivan a los niños a jugar con la fantasía y la imaginación, los involucran integralmente permitiéndoles expresar sus opiniones y emociones. A través de los textos literarios los niños se ponen en contacto con gran variedad de recursos lingüísticos. Por ejemplo, los poemas con la rima, el ritmo, patrones de entonación, uso de imágenes y metáforas, juegos de palabras a partir de su sonoridad y de los posibles distintos significados que éstas connotan. Lo mismo ocurre en la prosa, donde la narración puede estar teñida de misterio, de suspenso, de ironía, de humor, de sarcasmo, entre otros. La literatura proporciona el espacio para disfrutar de la lectura y ofrece la posibilidad de contribuir con uno de los objetivos básicos de la escuela primaria: la construcción del hábito de la lectura y la formación de lectores competentes, motivados e independientes. Generar una atmósfera de lectura en clase que facilite un acercamiento a los textos literarios permite que los niños se entusiasmen con los relatos, se dejen atrapar por las historias narradas y disfruten de un viaje imaginario a mundos alternativos. La particularidad de los textos literarios de propiciar una identificación personal del lector con la situación planteada, los personajes y sus experiencias, los convierte en un espacio textual ideal para trabajar aspectos culturales. Los niños interpretan los textos a partir de cómo representan y simbolizan el mundo que los rodea, tanto a nivel personal y local, como social y global. Los textos literarios nos abren puertas a mundos alternativos regidos por otras leyes, donde lo imposible es posible y lo real se entremezcla con lo imaginario. Este espacio textual ofrece un lugar de construcción para operar con el conocimiento de la lengua en forma creativa, para expresarse, donde la atención está puesta en lo que quiero decir no en cómo digo; ofrece también la posibilidad de expresarse por medio del lenguaje corporal o de las artes visuales. SUGERENCIAS PARA EL ABORDAJE DEL CUADERNILLO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1”: BEFORE READING The teacher asks students to have a look at the whole booklet and identify text types. What text types can you identify? Justify your choices Write the title or “none” Narrative: Informative/expository: DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 5 Descriptive: Argumentative: Instructive/directive: FOR THE TEACHER: Text Types There are 5 major texts types: Narrative Descriptive Directive Expository Argumentative Text types versus text forms Text types are general semantic-functional concepts and are not to be confused with text forms (advertisements, editorials, sermons, shopping lists, poems, telephone books, novels, etc.) Narrative texts have to do with real-world events and time. They may be fictional (fairy tales, novels) or non-fictional (newspaper report). They are characterised by a sequencing of events expressed by dynamic verbs and by adverbials such as “and then”, “first”, “second”, “third” Example: First we packed our bags and then we called a taxi. After that we… etc. Descriptive texts are concerned with the location of persons and things in space. They will tell us what lies to the right or left, in the background or foreground, or they will provide background information which, perhaps, sets the stage for narration. Directive texts are concerned with concrete future activity. Central to these texts are imperatives (Hand me the paper) or forms which substitute for them, such as polite questions (Would you hand me the paper?) or suggestive remarks (I wonder what the paper says about the weather). Expository texts identify and characterize phenomena. They include text forms such as definitions, explications, summaries and many types of essay. Argumentative texts depart from the assumption that the receiver’s beliefs must be changed. They often start with the negation of a statement which attributes a quality or characteristic activity to something or someone (especially scholarly texts). They also include advertising texts, which try to persuade their readers that a product is somehow better, at least implicitly, than others. Source: Gramley,S., Pätzold, K.M., A Survey of Modern English, London, Routledge, 1992 DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 6 CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” Taken from: http://goo.gl/nosqcb DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 7 Unit 1: The man and the tree BEFORE READING Teacher asks students to focus on the title and images. Then, based on title and pictures, asks them to anticipate what the text is about. Teacher writes their predictions on blackboard (BB) and students take down notes on their notebooks/folders. Suggested questions What words do you recognise in the title? What can you see in the images on this page? Describe them. (Teacher scaffolds with necessary vocabulary for descriptions: “I can see…”) FIRST READING Teacher reads the text in a loud voice, showing the images while reading and changing her/his to interpret the different characters. Teacher may also asks students to take down notes of the words they recognise. SUGGESTED QUESTIONS How many characters can you recognise? List them. What are they talking about? Tick the correct option (you can choose more than 1) STRATEGY: IDENTIFY THE THEME OF THE TEXT The story is about…. - Love - Nature - Sports - Importance of protecting the environment - Animals DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 8 CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” SECOND READING Students read the text individually and complete the following and activities: ANIMALS PLANTS Teacher checks with the class THIRD READING Teacher asks students to contrast their predictions from the beginning with the actual story Were you right? How? Taken from: http://goo.gl/QQRZuv DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 9 Taken from: https://goo.gl/rhGF9P THE BIG QUESTIONS WHY ARE TREES IMPORTANT TO THE ENVIRONMENT? WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP THEM? Read the text to get info about the importance of trees and then search the web to find out more. Complete the following table: WHAT I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO LEARN HOW CAN I LEARN MORE WHAT I LEARNT Listen to the audio about kids telling why trees are important for them. Use the info to complete the chart above https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h_X-60TYFU SUGGESTED SITES: VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1B5wMF3n0I http://www.spokanecounty.org/wqmp/envirokids/images/Spring%202008.pdf DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 10 CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” Unit 2: My love for cats BEFORE READING Teacher asks students to look at the title for predictions. Then, Teacher reads the first line of the text “Cats are my favourite animals for a number of reasons” and after analysing the line and looking at the illustrations with the whole class Teacher asks them to imagine the reasons why the narrator likes cats. Teacher uses the images as prompts and scaffolds students with vocabulary and phrases. STRATEGY: VISUALIZE Create mental images about the characters, setting and events in the text. - Cats/they have got…. - Cats/ they can…. - Cats/they love…. Students dictate and Teacher writes on the blackboard. Then students complete the following chart: What do you know about cats? They have got... They can... They love... They hate... They eat... CATS DURING READING The first time teacher reads the whole text in a loud voice. In the second reading Teacher stops at each page and asks students to compare the actual text with their predictions on the chart. BEFORE READING Students choose their favourite animal and write and draw a similar text to the one in the booklet. DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 11 THE BIG QUESTIONS: - Are cats domestic animals? - What is wild and what is not? - What is the difference between a wild animal and a domestic animal? Read the following the texts and find out. Taken from: http://goo.gl/qVU9i9 & http://goo.gl/8Nhxna DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 12 CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” IS IT A WILD ANIMAL OR A DOMESTIC ANIMAL? A wild animal does not live in captivity or depend upon humans for food, water, shelter, space or any of its other needs to survive. Domestic animals are animals that are tamed, kept, and bred in captivity by humans. All domestic animals are related to wild animals. WHAT IS WILD AND WHAT IS NOT Wild animals do not live in captivity or depend on humans for food, water, shelter, space, or any other needs to survive. Wild animals must survive on their own. Domestic animals are animals that are tamed, kept, and bred in captivity by humans for food, fiber, work, companionship, and entertainment. People care for domestic animals and meet all their needs for survival. All domestic animals originally came from wild animals. Lynx and Bobcats are wild cats that must survive by themselves. Many people keep domestic cats as pets and take care of all their survival needs. How are wild animals and domestic animals different? How are domestic animals similar to wild animals? List 10 wild animals. List 10 domestic animals . List 8 animals that are both domestic and wild. Taken from: http://goo.gl/XfyzGs DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 13 Unit 3: My land BEFORE READING STRATEGY: MAKING PREDICTIONS Teacher asks students to determine what will happen in the text, using the title and illustrations for help. DURING READING Students take turns to read the text to the class in a loud voice. Teacher may ask students to close their eyes while listening. The second time, students read in silence to find out the answer to the following question: WHAT MAKES THE NARRATOR’S LAND SPECIAL? Underline or take down notes. STRATEGY: QUESTION Reread the text for information Students compare their answers to the class and write down their conclusions together with the teacher. AFTER READING Teacher asks students to focus on the following phrase: “The bluest skies, the greenest planes…” Teacher asks students to describe their land/place using superlatives. Use the following adjectives for inspiration: DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 14 CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” THE BIG QUESTION: WHAT MAKES YOUR LAND/PLACE SPECIAL? Students investigate about their own land/place and write a short text to describe what makes it special. Have a look at this example: Taken from: http://goo.gl/bMtlyf & http://goo.gl/wqf43C DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 15 Unit 4: Magic fairies BEFORE READING Teacher writes the title on the blackboard and asks students to brainstorm ideas. After that, using the words elicited in the brainstorming, teacher invites students to Brainstorming Race Time: 20 minutes Players: 2 to 4 teams Preparation: None Procedure: Draw two to four columns on the board and separate the students into a corresponding number of teams. Suggested categories connected to magic/fairytales: STORIES/ CHARACTERS/ SETTING/ VOCABULARY Have each team line up in front of a column and give each team a marker or chalk. Call out a category for the students to brainstorm. Set a time limit and let the students start writing all the words they can think of belonging to that category. The first student in each team runs to the board, writes a word, gives the marker/chalk to the next student, and goes to the back of the line. Then the second student runs to the board and so on. When the time limit has been reached, check the words and spelling. The team with the highest number of correct answers wins. To stop teams copying each other you can cross out all the words that are duplicated across the teams. Adapted from: http://goo.gl/gHIgyC DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 16 CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” DURING READING Teacher and students read the text once to get the gist. Students read the text a second time in silence and then with a partner to complete the following table: What happens? Main events Setting Characters Moral NOTE FOR TEACHERS: Setting: the location and the time of the story Characters: the persons or animals that appear in the story Moral: the lesson learnt after reading the story AFTER READING Teacher invites students to go back to their childhood and use the following strategy to make connections with the text. STRATEGY: CONNECT THE TEXT WITH OTHER TEXTS AND YOUR OWN LIFE. Can you think of… ...similar stories with magic? …. card games with magic? ....films? ...fairytales from you childhood? ...poems related to magic? ...songs about magic? ...famous fairies? Take down notes and share with the class. How are the stories similar/different? Think about the setting, the good and bad characters, the theme and the moral. Write a text about fairies and magic. You may also adapt a fairytale from your childhood. Use the ideas from the brainstorming and the following tips below for help DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 17 Taken from: https://goo.gl/EHDfI9 & Taken from: http://goo.gl/94IeVN DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 18 CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” Taken from: http://goo.gl/dE5YAN & https://goo.gl/Y6tKnN As a final task, students can produce their own posters about fairy tales to hang up in the classroom’s wall. DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 19 Unit 5: My neighborhood BEFORE READING Teacher invites students to have a look at the images and text and asks: What kind of text is it? How is it similar/different from the previous ones? What can you see in the pictures? Describe them Teacher provides the following tips as a guide: What is in the picture? In the picture I can see ... There’s / There are ... There isn’t a ... / There aren’t any ... Say what is happening with the present continuous The man is ...ing The people are ...ing It’s raining. Where in the picture? At the top/bottom of the picture ... In the middle of the picture ... On the left/right of the picture ... next to in front of behind near on top of under If something isn’t clear It looks like a ... It might be a ... He could be ...ing Maybe it’s a ... SEE MORE AT: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/speaking-exams/describe-photo-or-picture#sthash.rBoxQuDl.dpuf DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 20 CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” Watch this video for more tips: http://9a27bbc586dd80f4a734-4d0355cf9e89be09aa440f2192ff2da0.r28.cf1.rackcdn.com/exam-speaking-test-describe-a-photo.mp4 Now see the following examples: http://www.writefix.com/pet/petspeak/baby.htm (speaking) http://www.elllo.org/ SwiffStep/PDG01b.swf (listening) http://www.elllo.org/english/Games/G041-TwoLovers.html#toppage (listening) DURING READING Students read the text in pairs, individually and a as a whole class. Together with the teacher, they discuss what they understood and infer the words they do not know. STRATEGY: INFER: USE THE CLUES IN THE TEXT AND YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE TO FILL IN THE GAPS AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS Teacher invites them to complete the following table with words from the text: AGES PEOPLE’S SIZE TYPES OF HAIR BODY FEATURES FEELINGS /EMOTIONS ACTIVITIES FOR MORE PRACTICE Picture description game Materials needed: pictures of different people doing activities, places, etc. Procedure: The class is divided in two groups. A volunteer from each group comes to the front, they will play the role of “listeners”. The teacher selects a picture a sticks it on the volunteer’s forehead (she/he is not allowed to look at picture). A member from each team, “the speaker”, looks at the picture on the volunteer’s forehead and describes the picture as clearly and in as much detail as possible. The “listener” is required to draw a sketch of the description on the blackboard. The pair who gets the most similar drawing to the original picture, gets a point for the team. This game may be repeated many times with different “speakers” and “listeners”. AFTER READING Students use all the information provided throughout the unit to write a description of their own neighborhood. They may use the text in the booklet as a model. They may also prepare a poster or pics to present it to the class in an oral exposition. DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 21 Unit 6: My world BEFORE READING Students anticipate what they will read in the text by looking at the pictures. This final unit may be used to revise all the structures and vocabulary seen throughout the booklet. Teacher prompts students to integrate all they have learnt to describe the images before reading. Next teacher proposes students to skim the text. Skimming Skimming refers to the process of reading only main ideas within a passage to get an overall impression of the content of a reading selection. How to Skim: * Read the title. * Read the introduction or the first paragraph. * Read the first sentence of every other paragraph. * Read any headings and subheadings. * Notice any pictures, charts, or graphs. * Notice any italicized or boldface words or phrases. * Read the summary or last paragraph. Students dictate in turns and teacher writes the key ideas on the blackboard. DURING READING Students read the text individually; this time thoroughly. Teacher asks them to compare and contrast the information written on the blackboard to what they understood in the second reading. Together, they complete the teacher`s notes with the missing information. After that, teacher invites students to scan the text to find specific information to complete the chart: DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 22 CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO “STORIES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION-BOOK 1” PLACES LANDSCAPES FOOD Scanning Scanning is a reading technique to be used when you want to find specific information quickly. In scanning you have a question in your mind and you read a passage only to find the answer, ignoring unrelated information. How to Scan: * State the specific information you are looking for. * Try to anticipate how the answer will appear and what clues you might use to help you locate the answer. For example, if you were looking for a certain date, you would quickly read the paragraph looking only for numbers. * Use headings and any other aids that will help you identify which sections might contain the information you are looking for. * Selectively read and skip through sections of the passage. (From College Reading and Study Skills and Academic Reading and Study Skills for International Students) AFTER READING As a final task, students may choose one of the texts and read it and or act it out for younger kids in the school. DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS Pág. 23 PROGRAMA DE EDUCACIÓN PLURILINGÜE CUADERNILLO DE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE CULTURA Y EDUCACIÓN UNIDAD DE COORDINACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS