maintenance.). Tell pairs to do the same with the rest of the text and the information they brought in order to answer their questions. Differentiated Instruction For this activity, you could use the Individualized Feedback Strategy to help struggling students paraphrase the information to answer their questions. 5. Fill in the graphic organizer. Explain which type of information you will include in the introduction and in the conclusion. You may draw students’ attention to the graphic organizer and ask: Who is going to read your report? Have them write their answer in the first space on the top. Now, help them justify the selection of information for their reports considering their audience, by asking: What type of information will you include in the introduction? Remind them that in this part of the report they should grab their audience’s attention and explain what their purpose of writing is. Follow the same procedure with the conclusion. Then, have them decide how to classify the information for their report by writing the subheadings. Monitor while pairs work to check. Tell students to write a list with those jobs in order of preference. Have them compare their lists with a partner and say why they order the jobs that way. Product: Illustrated Report In this lesson, they will classify the information for their reports. Organize the class into pairs, read the instructions aloud, and have them decide what information they will include in each of the parts. Suggest that they take the activities in this lesson as a model. Monitor while they work to check. This activity will be your third evidence in this unit; ask students to file it following the procedure you prefer. Self-evaluation You could read the statements in the box together to make sure everybody understands what they need to self-evaluate. If necessary, go back to some of the previous activities so students understand what each statement refers to. Read the tip provided and make sure to offer individual support to those students who detected areas of opportunity. What is the importance of paraphrasing the information we research? Ask students the question and invite them to reflect upon how paraphrasing helped them enhance their comprehension of the information they read.
4 Work in pairs.To answer your questions, paraphrase the information from the article in Activity 2 and the one you researched for homework.
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5 Fill in the graphic organizer.Explain which type of information you will include in the introduction and in the conclusion.
My audience will be:
Introduction
Subheading 1
Subheading 2
Subheading 3
Conclusion
Reader Which of the jobs mentioned would you like to have? (pp. 106-108)
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Illustrated Report
Classify the information for your report: • Decide what information you will include in the introduction and in the conclusion. • Write subheadings for each section in the body and paraphrase the information you will include in each section. Self-evaluation (Underline.) To explore reports about activities, I…
…asked questions about jobs and professions. …evaluated the information that was available. …considered my audience to select the information. …classified the information to answer the questions I wrote. Tip: Always paraphrase the information you find.
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Achievement
Explore reports about activities.
Teaching Guidelines • Answer questions about jobs or professions. • Paraphrase descriptions of jobs or professions to verify comprehension. • Justify the selection of information for the reports considering the audience. • Classify information for reports. Development 4. Work in pairs. To answer your questions, paraphrase the information from the article in Activity 2 and the one you researched for homework. You could suggest students to continue working with the same partner. Tell them to take out the notes they brought for homework. Explain that now they have all the information they need to answer the questions they wrote in Activity 1. Draw their attention to the 3D Printing Technician section, read each sentence aloud, and guide them to paraphrase descriptions of this job to verify comprehension (e.g.: Today, many things are done through 3D printing. In the future, everybody will use 3D printers so we will need specialists for
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