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reading, they need to feel they can contribute with their personal
opinions to enrich that one of the author.
In an intensive reading lesson, we must lead the students to
practice scanning and skimming skills. Scanning a text is the activity by
means of which a student reads very rapidly in order to find out a
particular piece of information, for example, dates, names, or any other
details that may further take them to comprehension. It is also used to
ascertain whether a text is useful, for example, whether the chapter
contains relevant information they may use later in their own school
woks as in writing essays. This indications can be given orally to
encourage reading quickly. On the other hand, skimming a text is when
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students read for gist. For instance, when we ask the class to find out
what topics the text deals with ensures fast reading. Both scanning and
skimming techniques need a systematic practice.
An important aspect we must train our students to develop is their
memories in order to retain, understand, and better analyze what they
read, as Ross Lee Graham, PhD (2001) stated:
The feelings that you have during certain experiences represent a
certain kind of
reading,
then
you
can
state of
mind that makes you interested in what you are reading if you want
have an effective memory of it. (p.103).
Motivation, in my personal perspective, is also a decisive factor for
reading. On this regard, I personally agree with Jack C. Richards (2008):
Sometimes, reward-driven behavior is dependent on extrinsic
(externally administered by someone else) motivation. But a more
powerful category of reward is one which is intrinsically driven within
the learner. When behavior stems from
self-
rewarding. (p.12)
3-Students are the ones that select what they want to read and have the
freedom to stop reading material that are not really of their interest.
4-The purposes of reading are usually aimed at pleasing, informing, and
giving general understanding.
5-Reading is a compensation for them and not another task in the
learning process.
6-Reading materials are comprised within the linguistic competence of
the students in terms of vocabulary and grammar.
As a conclusion, I may state that books are a faithful friend in
everyone`s life and that unfortunately, our pupils are not so aware of
this; yet, it is our role to make them change their minds about it and to
lead them become successful readers; at the same time, we have to be
aware of the use of the different approaches, techniques, and strategies
for teaching reading; we have to decide when to implement bottom-up
or top-down exercises and notice when our students are ready for an
intensive or extensive reading. Furthermore, we have to realize that a
combination of both, intensive and extensive reading, will let to the final
goal: learning.
References:
1-Day, Richard R.and Julian Bamford (2007) Extensive Reading in the
Second Language
Lesson Plan.
Reading Class: Thanksgiving Day in the USA.
Induction
Pre- Reading
Students
activity
Teaching Comment(s
Aids
)
Students
1. Teacher shows some pictures watch and
in a power point presentation give
opinions.
and ask about them.
LCD,
Projector,
Laptop
LCD,
Projector,
Laptop,
Pictures
Students
share their
views
WhileReading
4. With all the information
available, the teacher now
Students
form their
group.
K-W-L
Sheet,
Excerpts,
environment.
8. At the end of this task, the L
Students
column of the each group
consists of information given clarify the
words
by the other groups.
which they
are not sure
9. After all the groups have
about the
presented, teacher asks
whether they have acquired meaning
the information that they want
to know in the W column. If
there are still some students Students
discuss in
who have not get the
their group
information, firstly, the
and answer
teacher allows the other
the
students to help these
students. If the students could questions
not provide the information,
the teacher will ask the
students to find the
information and this task is
given as homework.
Students
present and
fill in the
L column
and give
feedbacks
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Students
raise up the
questions in
the W
column
Post- Reading
Follow up
activities
Students
answer the
questions
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READING:
THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION.
On September 6th, 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower left Plymouth, England,
carrying 102 passengers- religious separatists looking for a new home and freedom,
looking for THE NEW WORLD.
The crossing lasted 66 days. Finally, they reached the tip of Cape Cod, far north of their
intended destination at the mouth of the Hudson River. One month later, the Mayflower
crossed Massachusetts Bay, and the Pilgrims, began to establish a village at Plymouth.
That first winter, was brutal and most of the colonists remained on the ship, where they
suffered from contagious diseases. Only half of the Mayflowers original passengers and
crew lived to see their first New England spring.
In March, the remaining settlers moved ashore, where they received an astonishing visit
from an Abenaki Indian who greeted them in English. Several days later, he returned with
another Native American, Squanto to welcome them.
Squanto taught the Pilgrims, weakened by malnutrition and illness, how to cultivate corn,
extract sap from maple trees, catch fish in the rivers and avoid poisonous plants. He also
helped the Pilgrims become friends with the Wampanoag Indians.
In November 1621, the Pilgrims first corn harvest was successful and Governor William
Bradford organized feast and invited a group of Native Americans, including the
Wampanoag chief Massasoit.
Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day, currently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in
November by federal legislation in 1941, has been an annual tradition in the United States
by presidential proclamation since 1863 and by state legislation since the Founding
Fathers of the United States.
It has lost much of its original religious significance; instead, it now centers on cooking and
sharing meal with family and friends. Turkey is a Thanksgiving icon and a synonymous
with the holiday.
Parades are also an integral part of the holiday in cities and towns across the United
States.
Since 1924, New York Citys Thanksgiving Day Parade is the largest and most famous,
attracting some 2 to 3 million spectators along its 2.5-mile route.
It contains turkey, waterfowl, venison, fish, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin, and
squash. Other traditional foods include mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin
pie. . William Bradford noted that, "besides waterfowl, there was great store of wild
turkeys, of which they took many." Many of the foods that they ate in that feast (except the
seafood) have become staples of the modern Thanksgiving dinner.
The Presidents Pardon of one or two turkeys is a funny custom in the United States.
President Obama has pardoned one or two turkeys each year, in this celebration.
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ANNEXES:
FALL/AUTUMN
CORN
CRANBERRY
PUMPKIN
PUMPKIN PIE
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ROAST TURKEY
ROAST TURKEY AND VEGETABLES
CRANBERRY
CRANBERRY SAUCE
SWEET POTATOES
PUMPKIN
PUMPKIN PIE
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DINNER TABLE
AN
INDIAN AND A PILGRIM
THE MAYOR
WINE
PILGRIMS AT HARVEST
ROAST TURKEY
A TURKEY
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THANKSGIVING DINNER
ROAST TURKEY
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EXERCISES
I-Pre-reading:
1-What celebrations do we have in Mexico and all over the world during fall and winter?
3-Which one is your favorite?
4-Look at this picture. Do you know anything about this ship called the Mayflower?
5-Now look at these pictures. Are they familiar to you?
6-What holiday do you think it will refer to?
7-Now fill in the K-W-L (only K and W columns) chart expressing what you know about this
holiday in the USA.
What I know
What I learned
Video links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=94S4bRcf3zU&list=UU0ScwXs0Lx5rnQ2OeqvnQMw
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Mrkarate9/videos
(This is my son`s since in mine I think it is not so well; this is for the first video)
2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-lUOp40J20 (second video)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBrN3WDk-A3vRsJJGBj-b3w (my channel)
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