Lesson for students: Reading Lesson: HolidayTraffic
Follow these directions to complete this assignment:
1) Read the article on Holiday Traffic.
2) Click "Listen" and listen to the text.
3) Click "Next" and the click on "New word" until all the new vocabulary words words are presented. 4) Then click on "Next" and spell each word.
5) Then click on "Next" and complete the 'Pick an answer' section (10 sentences).
6) Click on "see my score" to see how you did.
7) Click "Next" and complete the 'What did you learn' section (5 questions).
8) Click "Next" and write 2-3 sentences on what you learned about the story.
Click here to get to the site:
http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity1&topicID=10&storyID=58
Students: Adult learners in Adult Basic Education (ABE) program in our local Community Education. The students are from Moldova, Laos, Mexico, and Bulgaria.
English Language Level: Intermediate ESL
Lesson: 1 hour in the computer lab
Class Location Environment: This class will take place in the computer lab of the Community Education Center. Each student will have access to his/her own computer to complete the assignment. The students will have to follow the instructions on how to access the blog and they will follow the directions in it to complete the assignment.
What is the instructional purpose?
This is a reading, comprehension, and writing lesson followed by some activities to build their comprehension and writing skills.
This lesson will be used as a follow up activity to a lesson regarding vacations and what means of transportation are available to use for vacation.
How will you use this website to meet your instructional goals?
I will introduce the new vocabulary words before they read the text and provide them on a hand out. We will review them before they all proceed to the website.
I like the option of listening to the text so thay can pay attention to their pronunciation.
What handouts will I create?
I will provide handouts with the website URL, the directions which are on this blog so they remember to stay on task, and lastly I will ask them to hand in the 2-3 sentences they wrote of the story to me which is the last part of their online activity.
What are the potential problems students might encounter in using the website?
Even though they are all familiar with computers, they might find it difficult to navigate between pages. Therefore, I will demonstrate how to switch from one page to another and what steps they need to take, as well as include this information in the handout provided for the lesson.
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This is a website I have not used before, so I liked being introduced to it in your lesson. The level seems to work perfectly with the students you will be teaching. Your preteaching of the key vocabulary ahead of time will also give them an advantage as they read and listen to the passage. I also like that you have them write about what they have learned. You could allow students to share their sentences with the class at the end of the class period if they feel comfortable doing so.
ReplyDeleteI would also use the vocabulary again the next day in class and have students try to retell the story using the new vocabulary. This helps the instructor know if they understood the key concepts of the story as well as the vocabulary.
I definitely agree with the fact that you have a computer and projector to help walk them through things so that they can see it in real time. I find this very helpful when I am going over a new site with my students. They can click with me and follow along much better. Very good exercise. I might add, though, in my instructions for the vocab. part how many words they will be clicking the button for. I find that when I give my students the numbers of things they are looking for they do better. So, for less confusion I might add that there will be five vocab words.
ReplyDeleteAlso, because I haven't seen your handouts, [and you might already do this]: I might add screen shots of the site as there is a lot of clicking twice on one page to get to the next page. This might be confusing to the less computer literate students.
Now, as this is the first time I've seen this site, I was wondering, How do you, as the instructor, collect their scores? I noticed that you have them hand write the written part, but is there a way to collect them all online?