Unit3municationWorkshop

Reading

Exercise1

Purpose:tohelpstudentspleteasurveyreportbasedoninformationinchartsandgraphs

Directstudentstothesurvey.Pointoutthethreecategories,Drinks,Meals,Snacks.Ask"Canyouthinkofanexampleforeach?"Elicitappropriateresponses,forexample,water,lunch,fruit.Ifyoufeelyourstudentsarereadytodotheexercise,youmayskipthisstep.

Readandunderstandthesampletext.Directstudentstothesurvey.Say"ReadtheHealthyEatingSurvey."Monitorasstudentsread,offeringassistanceasneeded.Afterstudentshavefinishedreading,directthemtothechartsandgraphstotheright.Explainthatthechartsandgraphsrepresenttheanswersfromaclassthattookthesurvey.Ask"Whichchartsorgraphsgowithwhichpartsofthesurvey?"ElicitThefirstsetofchartsgoeswiththefirstsection,thesecondsetofgraphsgoeswiththesecondsection,andthethirdsetofgraphsgoeswiththethirdsection.PointoutthechartlabeledQuestion1.Askstudentstoidentifywhata,bandcstandfor.InStudentsshouldindicatethatastandsforchoicea,bstandsforchoiceb,andcstandsforchoicec.Thenask"WhatdidmoststudentsanswerforQuestion1?"Elicitorprovideb.Pointoutthatbisbiggerthanaandc,sothatmeansthatmoststudentsanswered6forQuestion1.Havestudentsworkinpairsorsmallgroupstofigureouttherestoftheinformationinthechartsandgraphs.Askquestionssimilartotheonesabovetoconfirmprehension.

Directstudentstothesurveyreport.Say"Nowreadthesurveyandthechartsandgraphsagain.pletethesurveyreport"Monitorasstudentspletethereport.Ifstudentsneedsupport,youmayhavethemworkinpairsorsmallgroups.

Goovertheanswers,havingindividualstudentsreadthesentencesaloud.

Answers

1.healthy;2.some;3.sugar;4.healthy;5.junkfood;6.some

Expansion:Don'tStop!

Note:Usethisactivitywithmoreproficientstudents.Havestudentsworkingroupseupwithanothertypeofgraphicorganiser,forexample,apicturegraph,alinegraph,anorganisationalchart,oratreechart,todescribetheresultsofthesurvey.Havestudentsexplaintheirchartsorgraphstotheclass.

Writing

Exercise2

Purpose:tohelpstudentsprewritebytakingasurveyandmakingchartsandgraphstoshowtheresults

Identifythestructureandlanguageforthespecialtopic.DirectstudentstothesurveyreportinExercise1.Ask"Wheredidthewritergettheinformationinthereport?"Elicitorprovidefromthesurveyandthechartsandgraphs.Ask"Howmanyparagraphsarethereinthereport?"Elicitthree.Pointoutthateachparagraphisaboutadifferentsection.Pointoutthefirstparagraphistheintroduction,whichstatestheoverallresults(moststudentseathealthyfood,butnothealthyshacksordrinks).Thenpointoutthatthenextparagraphisaboutdrinks,whilethethirdparagraphisaboutsnacks.Ask"Isthelanguagemoreformalorinformal?"Revisetheconceptsofformalorinformalifnecessary.ElicitorprovideIt'smoreformal.

DirectstudentstothesurveyinExercise1andask"Nowtakethesurvey".Monitorasstudentstakethesurvey,offeringassistanceasneeded.Whenstudentshavefinished,havethemgetintogroupsoffour.Say"Nowpareyoursurveys.Whataretheresults?"Monitorasstudentstalkabouttheirsurveys,paringtheiranswers.Whenthey'vefinished,say"Makechartsandgraphstoshowyourgroups'results".Monitorasstudentsdrawthechartsandgraphs,offeringhelpasneeded.Directstudentstotheexamplechartsandgraphs.Allowthemtobecreativeiningupwiththeirchartsandgraphs,aslongastheyareprehensibleandcanrepresenttheirgroups'results.

Exercise3

Purpose:tohelpstudentswriteasurveyreportabouttheirgroups'results

Listyourstructure.DirectstudentstothesurveyreportinExercise1.Pointouttheinformationinthesurveyandwherethewritergottheinformation,forexample,"Alotofstudentsdon'thavehealthysnacksordrinks."ThisinformationcamefromthechartsforQuestions1and2andthegraphsforQuestions56and7

Write.Say"Useyoursurvey,chartsandgraphstowriteasurveyreportaboutyourgroups'results".Monitorcloselyasstudentswrite,offeringhelpasneeded.Besuretogivestudentsenoughtimetowrite.Iftimeisshortinclass,allowstudentstofinishtheirpassagesforhomework.

Selfcheck.Whenstudentshavefinishedwriting,eithergivethemahandoutwiththefollowingchecklistorwriteitontheboard,

□Ihaveseparateparagraphsforeachsectionofthereport.

□Iusedmoreformallanguage.

□Iincludedalltheresultsfromourgroup.

□IusedtheKeyWordsandKeyExpressionscorrectly.

□Idoublecheckedspelling,grammarandpunctuation.

Readthelistaloud,makingsurestudentsunderstandmeaning.Say"Nowreadyoursur.veyreport.Canyoucheckallthepointsonthelist?"Monitorasstudentsreadtheirreports,offeringassistanceonhowtheycanimprovethem.

Peerreviewchecklist.WhenstudentshavefinisheddoingtheSelfcheck,havethemswappaperswithapartner.Alternately,youmaycollecttheirpapersandredistributethemtotheclass,havingpeereditingdoneanonymously.Eithergiveeachstudentahandoutwiththefollowingchecklistorwriteitontheboard:

□Isthereportinteresting?Ifnot,howcoulditbemoreinteresting,forexample,givemoreinformationorresults?

□Doesthewriteruseformallanguage?

□Doesitanswerallyourquestionsaboutthewriter'sgroup?Ifnot,whatelsewouldyouliketoknow?

□DidthestudentusetheKeyWordsandtKeyExpressionscorrectly?Ifnot,circlethem.

□Isthespelling,grammarandpunctuationcorrect?Ifnot,circlewherethestudentbusthadproblems.

□Doyouhaveanyothersuggestions?

Readthequestionsaloud,makingsurestudentsunderstandmeaning.Say"Nowreadyourclassmates'writing.Canyoucheckallthepointsonthelist?"Monitorasstudentsreadtheirclassmateswriting.Offerassistanceonhowtheycangivesuggestionstootheirclassmates.

Revise.Whenstudentshavefinishedreadingtheirclassmates'papersandansweringthequestionsonthePeerreviewchecklist,returnthepaperswiththechecklists.Youmaychoosetohavestudentsmeetanddiscusstheirpapers,orkeepitanonymous.Say"Nowusetheinformationinthechecklisttoreviseyourreports".Iftimeisshortinclass,assignrevisionforhomework.

Speaking

Exercise4

Purpose:tohelpstudentstalkabouttheirgroups'results

Say"Nowtelltheclassaboutyourgroupsresults".Havearepresentativefromeachgroupetothefrontoftheclassandtelltheresultsofthesurvey.Encouragestudentsnottosimplyreadfromtheirreports,buttosummarisetheresults.

Aftereachgrouphashadachancetopresenttheirresults,discussthe