Teacher's Resource - Nelson Education

AFTERDI READINESSTo support: For students who are struggling with making connectionsand using them to understand text, use prompts to guide theirthinking. Select a topic that students are familiar with, such as acompact fluorescent light bulb, a blue bin, a small green bin, etc.Select one item and model how you make a simple connection: Ihave a green bin, too. Tell students that this kind of connection is toosimple to really be helpful to us. Then demonstrate how to extend thatconnection by saying: I remember when we first got a green bin. It wasso hard to remember to sort the food waste. Then we had one morething to put out at the curb for garbage day. Model for students howyou can use that connection to draw a conclusion about recycling bysaying: It is extra work to recycle, but it is worth it to help us save ourenvironment.Post a series of prompts, such as:This reminds me of ...It made me think about ...I read somewhere that ...Have students make connections to the remaining objects, using theprompts as a guideline. Then ask them to extend their connections togive an opinion or to come to a conclusion.Reflecting (SB page 11)MAKING CONNECTIONSWhat text-to-world connections did you make as you read thisselection? What conclusions can you draw based on these connections?(connections: I know a bit about threats to the environment; Iconclude that it’s up to every one of us to do something about theseissues, even if it’s just picking up litter)DI LEARNING STYLEVisual learners: Students with a preference for visual learning mightbenefit from opportunities to develop visual representations of howthe tips in the selection changed their thinking about saving the planet.They can share their visual representations with the class and benefitfrom the feedback for revision.CRITICAL LITERACYA process of looking beyond theliteral meaning of texts, in orderto analyze the meaning and theauthor’s intent. Critical literacyfocuses on issues related tofairness, equity, and social justice.CRITICAL LITERACYThis selection has a very strong bias in favour of environmentalism.Who might object to the content of this selection? Why?(companies that make and sell clothes dryers or plastic bags; peoplewho think that other global issues, such as poverty, are moreimportant)NELLove the Planet23