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Reading Lesson Plan



DRTA Activity



Teacher: Keri Slade
For: Intermediate level learners

Objective:


Materials:


Learning/Teaching Activities:

Warm-Up:

Disney Song Search (words to any familiar song, poem, storyΣor even a conversation may be used in a similar fashion)

  1. Before class distribute a separate strip of song words to each Ss (may put them on the desks).
  2. When class starts instruct Ss to mill , around the room and search for their "song-partner" (the Ss with different words to the same song). 3. Once their partner is found, Ss sing all the words to the song and sit down in their seats.


Introduction:


Teaching:

Before beginning this activity be sure that the Ss understand the necessary vocabulary terms in the reading. Vocabulary to be reviewed for this particular text are in bold print.


DRTA Activity

Next we will read a story together. While we read I will ask you some questions. For example, the story is called, "Once There Was A BullΣ(frog)." What do you think this story is about? Ss respond. "What makes you think so?" Ss respond. Let,s go on.

Using the "Once There Was A BullΣ(frog)" transparency T reads the story aloud. Cover the transparency so that only the sections being read can be seen. At each break in the story T asks: What do you think this story is about? What do you think will happen next? and What makes you think so?


Conclusion:

Explain that the Ss have been predicting in reading~a skill that good readers always use.


Evaluation:

"What Comes Next?" quiz. As an outside/ homework assignment Ss complete the quiz. It can be graded by partners the next day in class. Ss should answer with 90% accuracy.

Some day my prince will come
Some day I,ll find the one

And away to his castle we,ll go
To be happy forever I know.

I,m wishing for the one I love
To find me today.
I,m hoping

And I,m dreaming of
The nice things he,ll say.


Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. Put OEem together and what have you got?
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!

A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you,re fast asleep.

In dreams you lose your heartaches,
Whatever you wish for, you keep.

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are.

Anything thing your heart desires
Will come to you.

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities,
Forget about your worries and you strife.

I mean the bare necessities,
Old Mother Nature,s recipes
That bring the bare necessities of life.

Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious!
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious,

If you say it loud enough you,ll always sound precocious,
Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious!
Who,s the leader of the club that,s made for you and me?


M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E!

Just a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down, The medicine go down,
the medicine go down. Just a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down,
In the most delightful way.

Whistle while you work.
Whistle while you work.
If it must be done
then make it fun,
Just whistle while you work.


Once There Was A BullΣ(frog)
by Rick Walton
Illustrated by Greg Hally

Once there was a bullΣ
frog who had lost his hop. He looked under a toadΣ
stool. But his hop wasn,t there. He looked behind a dogΣ
house. But his hop wasn,t there. He looked under a hedgeΣ
hog. But his hop wasn,t there. "Maybe if I jump off something I,ll find my hop," he said, so he climbed on top of a boxΣ
car and jumped! He landed hard in a patch of grassΣ
hoppers. They hopped away, but Bullfrog didn,t. "Not high enough," said Bullfrog. "Maybe if someone threw meI,d go high enough to get my hop back." "I,ll do it," said a cowΣ
boy, who loved to throw things, and he picked up Bullfrog and tossed him high and far. Bullfrog tumbled through the air and landed in a field of strawΣ
berries. "Oof!" Then he tried to hop. He couldn,t. "Oh, woe," said Bullfrog. "I,ve lost my hop!"
"Then swim," said a catΣ
fish from the stream nearby. "I can,t swim on land," said Bullfrog. "Then fly," said a lady&Sigm bug who heard Bullfrog complain. "I can,t, said Bullfrog. "I have no wings. And without wing, flying hurts."
"You could slither," said a voice behind Bullfrog. He turned and looked. On the ground behind him was a diamondΣ
back rattlesnake looking for breakfast. "A snake!" croaked Bullfrog. And up into the air he leaped, higher than the sunΣ
flowers around him. And when he came down, he leaped again. And again. And again. Until he landed on a stageΣ
coach. "I,ve found it! I,ve found my hop!" said Bullfrog as he rode out of town and far from the snake. "And after all that hopping, I,m so hungry I could eat a horseΣ
fly!" And he did.
"What Comes Next?"


Directions: Determine the best possible answer to complete the sentence. Circle the letter of that answer.

1. When you wish upon a starΣ
a.) six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
b.) the green, green grass of home.
c.) makes no difference who you are.
d.) fruit such as apples, peaches, and bananas.

2. I went to the store and boughtΣ
a.) makes no difference who you are.
b.) fruit such as apples, peaches, and bananas.
c.) six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
d.) the green, green grass of home.

3. One, two, three, four, fiveΣ a.) fruit such as apples, peaches, and bananas.
b.) makes no difference who you are.
c.) the green, green grass of home.
d.) six, seven, eight, nine, ten.


Complete the following sentences.

1. Whenever it snows I think of
___________________________________________.

2. I,m wishing for the one
_______________________________________________.

3. Today for lunch I ate
_________________________________________________.

4. I will go shopping and buy
____________________________________________.

5. My mother told me I should
___________________________________________.

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Last Updated: Saturday, June 7, 1997