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Speaking Out (GLS 1O)
Learning Strategies, Grade 9, Open (GLS 1O) Course of Study
Speaking Out (GLS 1O)
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Activity
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Methodology
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Resources
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1. Loud and Clear
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a. Tongue twisters
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Explain that the purpose of this unit is to get students more comfortable with speaking out in small or larger groups. It is probably the most important skill they could every develop. Discuss volume, clarity, and butterflies using the Beating Those Butterflies information sheet.
Emphasis of this activity is to have students speaking loud and with only a few butterflies. Clarity comes third. Students must speak to the class as a whole on at least one of these speaking exercises. When speaking to their group, the other group members must give them feedback about their volume.
Select two tongue twister from the given sheet of tongue twisters (another may be used). Practise each, and then recite it to a group of four other students. The first tongue twister should be a single line, and the second several lines. When students are ready, encourage them to recite them to the whole class. They may pass on this second activity. A possible modification is to use very loud classical music in the background to encourage volume.
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Beating Those Butterflies information sheet
Tongue twister information sheet
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b. Limericks
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Select one limerick, memorize it completely. Practise saying it out loud to to your group. When students are ready, encourage them to recite it to the whole class.
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Limerick information sheet
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c. Summary of my life
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Write at least four sentences describing your family, their names, and what they are like. Students should look up to make eye contact, and pause. Read it out loud to your group. When students are ready, encourage reading it to the whole class.
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d. Hinterland who's who
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Choose a description of a boreal forest animal, practise reading it, and then read it out loud to your group. When students are ready, encourage reading it to the whole class.
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short paragraphs describing several boreal forest animals (from the Internet)
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2. Reading to Kids
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Introduce the Reading to Kids assignment, using the assignment sheet. Students select three children's stories from the library that meet certain criteria, and answer a series of questions on each on a worksheet. They then practise reading it out loud to other members of their group using good reading form, and speaking loudly. The final step is to read it out loud to a group of several kids from a Grade 1 or 2 classroom.
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Reading to Kids assignment sheet
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3. Write a Children's Book
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Introduce the Write a Children's Book assignment, using the assignment sheet. The goal of this assignment is to select a theme from a list given, and write an eight page illustrated book, with at least 50 words of text.
Computer illustration, or collages of internet images, or "photoshopped" images may be used. (If this option is taken, half a period should be spent in instructional input on the use of the Google Image Search, paint software, and photoshop image manipulation software.)
The final product will be bound using a spiral binding. Students can be encouraged to begin with the theme, then illustrations, and finally write the text. This assignment can be done as group or individually. The work must be equally shared among group members. The final step is to read the story to a group of several kids from a Grade 1 or 2 classroom.
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Write a Children's Book assignment sheet
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