Expected Outcomes
Stage 3
Unit 1 Assignment
1
Unit 3 Assignment 2
Unit 4 Assignment 4
Stage 4 Academic
Unit 1 Assignment 5, 6, 7
Unit 2
Assignment 1
Stage 4 Employment
Unit 7 Assignment 3
Unit 8
Assignment
1
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Description
1. Before handing out copies of the
poem, “something to think about - please think about this,"
brainstorm as a large group, or groups of three or four, to come up with
responses to the following statement, “I think it is important for
programs like this to exist because?
2. If the students did
brainstorming in groups, have the smaller groups regroup and share all of the
responses.
3. Hand out the poem to each
student and instruct each to read the poem. Once the poem has been read
silently, the instructor may wish to read the poem aloud.
4. Following the format of the
poem, have the students use the information from the brainstorming session to
write a similar poem about the importance of literacy programs.
5. For publication, the teacher may
want the students either to read their poem to the class or to write the poem
in poster format to be placed on classroom display.
Sub-skills
Needed: 1. Brainstorming strategies
2. Writing strategies
3. Speaking strategies
4. Co-operative
learning strategies
5. Discussion strategies
Materials Needed 1. Copies of the blackline master entitled,
"something to think about - please think about this"
2. If the instructor decides to
publish the poems in poster format, poster making materials will be needed:
poster board, markers/pencil crayons, perhaps stencils |
