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Understand and write instructions Educational and Academic SPECIFIC COMPETENCE: Write instructions to use a bilingual dictionary PRODUCT: Instructions manual to learn how to use a bilingual dictionary
ENVIROMENT:
STAGE OF PRODUCT
DOING INITAL
KNOWING
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Show curiosity and interest in searching and obtaining information. Favor cooperation and integration in school work.
Select and explore bilingual dictionaries. Determine the words, definitions, and
Identify purpose and intended audience. Recognize graphic and text components. Identify text organization. Point out sections assigned to each language. Identify entries and subentries. Locate words in English and in mother tongue. Read the definition for words in English and Spanish. Understand the instructions to use a dictionary.
Textual organization patterns Articles, nouns, adverbs, adjectives,pronouns, and connectors Abbreviations Upper and lower case letters
DEVELOPMENT
Determine the words, definitions, and abbreviations the instruction manual will refer to. Write instructions. Order the sequence of instructions. Edit the instructions and make a clean copy as the final version of the instruction manual. Examine numbers and special characters and determine their use. Understand the use that is given to lower and upper case letters. Establish type of word from an abbreviation. Classify types of words in a table. List abbreviations. Write a list of textual components. Write sentences that explain how to use abbreviations and textual components. Arabic and Roman numbers Abbreviations
DEVELOPMENT
What do these abbreviations mean? Look for abbreviations. What do they mean? Write the following How many steps are there? Numbers Abbreviations Upper case letters Lower case letters Sequence Order Steps Components Instructions Edit Improve Spelling Doubts Punctuation Brainstorm for ideas as to what situations we would use upper and lower case letters. Play games using abbreviations. Design the manual with instructions. Make a first draft. Edit the instructions manual.
CLOSURE
Edit the instructions and make a clean copy as the final version of the instruction manual. Display the instruction mauals on a visible place, so they can be read. Remove and / or add information to improve a text. Write a final version. Punctuation
CLOSURE
Final version How can we improve the dictionary? Display Ss work. Have Ss present their work.
ENVIRONMENT: Familiar and Community SPECIFIC COMPETENCE: Exchange opinions regarding the contents of a radio program PRODUCT: Plenary
DOING INITIAL
KNOWING
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Listen to various radio programs in English. Select one radio program. Structure sentences to express opinions about the radio program.
Establish topic, purpose, and intended audience. Differentiate voices, environment sounds, and sound effects. Discriminate advertisements from program content. Identify forms of communication. Distinguish intonation and tone of presenter and other participants. Identify rhythm and speed. Predict the general meaning. Differentiate parts of a radio program. Recognize sentences and expressions used by the presenter and / or other participants. Identify the use of words to connect ideas. Determine the relation between sound effects and content. Detect speech register. Distinguish behavior adopted by speakers to support meaning construction. DEVELOPMENT
Recognize the influence of media in every day life. Foster respect and attention towards the opinions of others.
SESSION 1-3
Structure sentences to express opinions about the radio program. Check that sentences are understood
Write sentences used by the presenter and / or participants. Define sequence statements. Structure, write, and read opinions. Answer questions to express opinions. Formulate questions about the content of a program. Include relevant details and interesting information in an opinion. Establish rules and turns of participation for an exchange of opinions.
List of suitable words Verbs: modals Structure of radio programs Speech register
SESSIONS 4-10
SESSIONS 11-12
when spoken and listened to. Establish turns and each participation length. Practice expressing opinions.
CLOSURE
Carry out the plenary and pay attention to the participation of others. Formulate questions to obtain further Begin an exchange. Use expressions and linguistic resources to ask for details and explanations. Speaking turns