TEACHING WITH BROCHURES

While it may be difficult to fund multiple copies of books for literature circles or guided
reading groups, teachers can find limitless ways to use brochures, which are available
free of charge at any hotel and provide a wonderful source for integrating subject matter.
Begin by choosing the Standards that provide the learning outcomes that you would like
to teach. (The sample below is correlated with the Southern Union Standards which are
posted at www.adventistedge.org under Educators.)
Here are some examples. (Note that the first digit represents the grade level).
WRITING
4.3.2a. Write to explain a central idea to a specific audience.
4.3.2b. Address the audience and purpose.
4.7.1c. Utilize the main formats of visual media to differentiate:
--- Types of advertising
7.3.2f. Write advertisements, pamphlets, and brochures
READING
4.1.2a. Pronounce multiple syllable words correctly.
Use phonetic rules/structures.
Use syllable breaks.
Use word structural analysis (roots, prefixes, suffixes)
Use complex word families (e.g. -ight).
Levels 2-3
4.1.2b. Use syllabication and accent marks.
4.1.2c. Use phonetic respellings to pronounce and spell words.
4.1.3a. Pronounce, use and spell vocabulary from all subjects.
SOCIAL STUDIES
3.4.4. Explain that buyers and sellers interact to determine the price of goods and services.
4.3.22 Explain how natural resources contribute to regional settlements.
4.3.1 Demonstrate how to use a map scale to measure distances and map symbols to locate
natural and artificial features.
SCIENCE
2.3 Examine mans role in caring for the earth and recognize that the environment and the
organisms that live in it can be affected by mans choices.
4.5.3b. Know about desert, woods, pond, mountains, plains and ocean environments.
MATHEMATICS
4.1.5c. Solve money problems involving fractions of a dollar (e.g. $10, $.25, $.50, $.75, $1.25)
4.1.3p. Understand how multiplication and division relate to each other to solve problems.
4.1.3q. Multiply 2-digit numbers.

SAMPLE IDEAS FOR LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. MATH: Find out how far this attraction is from where you live. In order to do this,
you will need to:
Locate the city where the attraction is located on a map.

Locate your own city.

Use the scale of miles.

Measure the distance in inches.

Transfer to miles.

2. READING (TEACHER-LED GUIDED READING GROUP)

Look at the cover -

Can you find a word with three syllables?

What syllable types are in the word?

How would you pronounce it?

What do you think it means?

Have you ever been to this place or a place like it?

What might you expect to find there?

Look inside and read the first paragraph to yourself:

What did you find out about the history of this place?
Do you know what was happening in the US at the time this was being built?

What historical characters could have visited here?

Who do you think would have the most fun at this place? Children?
Teenagers? Why?

3. SCIENCE

What does the brochure say about the formation of these caves? How does
this tie into our understanding of creation/evolution? Write a Biblically-based
explanation and re-do the paragraph on the formation of the caves.

Classify the animals you might find at the Petting Farm according to animal
families.

4. WRITING AND ART

How does the brochure grab your attention? What words draw you in?

How do the graphics contribute to the effect? What are the colors and
principles of lay-out that are effective?

Design your own brochure on one of your favorite places to go.