ESL - INTERNET

PRIMARY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Address: http://www.pacificnet.net/~cmoore/roundbrd/15.htm

Links:

Subject: Round Bird Can’t Fly : An illustrated story

Grade: 5 or 6

Prepared by: Maria Di Lena, ESL Primary Teacher, CS Mont-Fort

MEQ OBJECTIVES

TERMINALS: 3 - 4

COMPONENTS: 3.1 Identification of the important elements.

3.4 Personal response to the story.

4.1 Instructions.

þ REQUIRES ADVANCED PLANNING

o COPY THIS ACTIVITY ON A DISKETTE AND WORK FROM THE SERVER

þ DO THIS ACTIVITY DIRECTLY ON THE INTERNET

PRE-ACTIVITIES: Teacher reviews the verb forms "I like… and I don’t like…".

ACTIVITIES: Students go to the site.

They read the story and click Next Page or Previous Page as needed.

CLOSURE: Students fill in "Tell us what you think" with I like… Or I don’t like…and the rest of the information, then submit it by E-mail. Click on SUBMIT.

FEEDBACK/EVALUATION:

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY: Brief discussion of the story together in class.

CLASS MANAGEMENT: Students work in pairs, a whole class in a computer

lab or a small group at a work station in the classroom.

SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS: Students can also work in groups of four. They rotate, reading a page of the story. They verify their understanding of the story together.