Reading a book cover

MICROTEACHING OVERVIEW

Name:  Nam, Kyunghwa( Kate)                                                Grade Level: Grade 10

Topic/Lesson Title:

Reading a book cover

Source of Experimentation
 The Help written  by Kathryn Stockett

Language Skills:

Reading skills, speaking skills, and listening skills

Learning Objective:  (What will learners know or be able to do after this activity/lesson?)

• Students can guess the meaning of the new word from the context. 
• Students can find the information of characters, setting, and the theme of the book by reading the back cover of The Help. 
• Students can check their understanding about the book by making questions about the text and answering others’ questions by doing Bingo game.

Materials/Tools/Links

• Copies of the back over of The Help
• Handouts
• Whiteboards with markers

Overview of Entire Lesson

Students make a guess about the story from the book cover and read the back cover in groups. They check unknown words and find the information about the characters, setting, and theme. Students fill a bingo grid with the words from the text and play the game in their group.

Procedure of Portion Demonstrated

• Pre-reading stage :
  Student make a guess about the story of The Help from the front cover.

• While-reading stage: 

1. Students in groups read the back cover of The Help and check the unknown words in the text. 
2. Students in groups find the information from the text : characters, setting, and themes

• Post-reading stage:
  Students in groups play the Bingo game by making comprehension questions about the text and answering them.
  
  HWP file: synopsis of the help