English I Through ESOL - The School District of Palm Beach County
English I Through ESOL - The School District of Palm Beach County
English I Through ESOL - The School District of Palm Beach County
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Story Grammars<br />
Objective: Identify a common organizational pattern or “grammar” <strong>of</strong> a reading text.<br />
Procedure: Introduce story grammars by using the Language Experience Approach. <strong>The</strong><br />
second time, have each group prepare one. Once groups have mastered story grammars,<br />
individuals can prepare their own, but include incentives for the group to help individual<br />
members. For example, you might want to give a team a point for each member who receives a<br />
grade <strong>of</strong> B or higher.<br />
Example: Setting:___, Characters:___, ___,Problem:___, Goal:___, Events Leading to goal<br />
(list in order):___, ___, ___,Resolution: ___(Three possibilities include: character solves<br />
problem, character learns to live with problem, problem defeats character)<br />
Note: Story grammars help students understand that most stories have a common organization,<br />
and they help students to write reports, evaluate the quality <strong>of</strong> stories, and write their own<br />
stories.<br />
Judgment<br />
Objective: Read a text for the purpose <strong>of</strong> identifying facts and opinions.<br />
Procedure: On five separate strips <strong>of</strong> paper, each team writes (or copies) 5 sentences from the<br />
text that show facts and opinions. Teams write their team name on the backs <strong>of</strong> the 5 strips, and<br />
swap their sentences. Teams read the sentence strips they have, and place them in either a fact<br />
basket or opinion basket in front <strong>of</strong> the room. <strong>The</strong> teacher reads each sentence strip from the<br />
two baskets. For each, the teams decide if the sentence was correctly placed. If correct, the<br />
team with its name on the strip gets a point. If not correct, that team loses a point. (This<br />
encourages effective writing.)<br />
Option: This activity may be adapted to focus on cause/effect, reality/fantasy or inferred/explicit.<br />
True or False<br />
Objective: Read a text passage for the purpose <strong>of</strong> making true and false statements about it.<br />
Procedure: Teams make a “T” chart (2 columns with titles--one side is for true, the other side is<br />
for false). Teams make three true or false statements about the text. A representative from the<br />
first team reads one statement aloud. <strong>The</strong> other teams listen and place their token on the<br />
appropriate side <strong>of</strong> their True/False chart. <strong>The</strong> questioning team decides which choices are<br />
correct. Each correct answer earns a team a point. In a disagreement, follow the challenge rules<br />
<strong>of</strong> Total Recall.<br />
<strong>English</strong> I <strong>Through</strong> <strong>ESOL</strong>: Romeo and Juliet<br />
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