[Teaching with Picture book]
Teaching with picture books to students is quite interesting. They can not only learn to appreciate the beautiful English words and sentences in picture books but also may be inspired by the important and meaningful information and thoughts on the issue related to life education in picture books, provoking them to do more critical reading and re-thinking.
[Picture Book]
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
[Lesson Plan]
[PPT of the story]
[Video of the story]
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AD8LiNQi_vs#t=0s
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9PaDSZfZFZc#t=0s
[Worksheet]
1. Story
2. Vocabulary matching
3. Reading comprehension check
4. Story sequencing
5. Oral activity
[Sentence pattern]
1. What can you do for your parents?
(for elementary students and Grade 7 & 8)
2. Have you ever pp for your parents?
(for Grade 9)
Download worksheet: oral activity
[Reflection]
Sometimes, I wonder why we have to teach English to students. Teaching English should not only be a job to teach students how to take English tests but also be a task to guide them to make more contact with cultures and cultivate their re-thinking skills or competence.
Teaching with picture books to students is quite interesting. They can not only learn to appreciate the beautiful English words and sentences in picture books but also may be inspired by the important and meaningful information and thoughts on the issue related to life education in picture books, provoking them to do more critical reading and re-thinking.
[Picture Book]
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
[Lesson Plan]
[PPT of the story]
[Video of the story]
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AD8LiNQi_vs#t=0s
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9PaDSZfZFZc#t=0s
[Worksheet]
1. Story
2. Vocabulary matching
3. Reading comprehension check
4. Story sequencing
5. Oral activity
[Sentence pattern]
1. What can you do for your parents?
(for elementary students and Grade 7 & 8)
2. Have you ever pp for your parents?
(for Grade 9)
Download worksheet: oral activity
[Reflection]
Sometimes, I wonder why we have to teach English to students. Teaching English should not only be a job to teach students how to take English tests but also be a task to guide them to make more contact with cultures and cultivate their re-thinking skills or competence.