Thanks for group five’s presentation.
I think it is a good warm up to ignite students’ interests and motivations by showing related pictures at first. After that, they teach new vocabularies by flashcards and ask students to make sentences. However, teaching vocabularies within context may be a better way than teach in isolated. Teachers can make sentences first to help students get overall understandings on how to use these words before asking them to do.
Actually, I quite enjoyed the information haunting, which is a collaborative activity. But some of these sentences are too long to remember and too time-consuming.
This group did a well job on they both explain content and language parts. While teaching reading, these are two basic elements should be concerned.
It’s not easy to take care of everything in one hour. Therefore, setting clear objectives is required, so is knowing students’ prior knowledge. When it comes to reading, I always put emphasis on the content by introducing the structure of the piece of writing. Graphic organizers are used to help students not only get the gist but also remember the key points. Analyzing grammar in the reading line by line is like cutting it into pieces. The lesson tends to become grammar-oriented and students would only pick up fragments. Isn’t it a shame?
Comment by Alice — May 3, 2007 @ 10:14 pm