Ask students if they like going to museums. Explain to them that sometimes you can do
more than just look at paintings or sculptures at museums. Have them mention the activities that, according to the text, can be done there (learn to paint or draw, and also learn about important artists). Product: Guessing Game Based on Descriptions As you may recall, students will play a guessing game based on descriptions. In this lesson, students will prepare the questions that they will ask others. Read the instruction aloud and suggest that they take questions from Activity 1 (p. 48) as a model. Monitor to check their work. This activity will be your first evidence in this unit; ask students to file it following the procedure you prefer. Self-evaluation Read the questions aloud to make sure students know what each of them refers to. Tell them to review the activities they performed in this lesson to answer and identify their areas of opportunity. Finally, encourage them to suggest ways in which they may improve. How can you ask questions to get specific information? Ask the question again and encourage students to answer by recalling each of the Wh- questions they learned and by saying the specific information each of them asks for. Differentiated Instruction Activity 5: Use the Jigsaw Strategy to promote collaborative work. Assign each pair only one category in the chart. At the end, have pairs share their answers with the class so everybody may have them all.
5 Read the description and use the chart to classify words according to their function.
I do this activity at school. I do it during Science class. I wear plastic gloves. Small children enjoy doing it. I always use a small shovel and a blue watering can.
Words that Name Things
Words that Express Actions
Words that Tell Size, Color, or Material
school gloves shovel watering can
do wear use
plastic small blue
6 Write the statement from the description that gives extra details.
Reader What else Fan Fhildren learn at PXseXPs? (pp. -)
Small children enjoy doing it.
Guessing Game Based on Descriptions
Step 2
• Write a list of questions that you can use to ask for details about descriptions. Self-evaluation Re ect upon the following questions: • Which aspects did I consider to interpret descriptions?
• Could I understand all of them? What can I do to improve?
49 Unit 5
Achievement
Interpret descriptions.
Teaching Guideline
Organize words and expressions depending on the function they have in descriptions.
Development 5. Read the description and use the chart to classify words according to their function. Draw students’ attention to the Glossary word and elicit its meaning. Then, organize the class into pairs and read instructions aloud. Ask them to read the chart headings to check understanding and then give pairs some time to organize words and expressions depending on the function they have in the description. Monitor while they work and offer help when required. Check by drawing the chart on the board and asking volunteers to write the answers. 6. Write the statement from the description that gives extra details. Students will continue working in pairs to identify the statement that gives extra details. Explain that they may add these kinds of statements as additional clues when they write their own descriptions.
Unit 5
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