B2 reading plan
- 2. Table of Contents! Instructions What the reading plan is about Book Review 2 Deadline: July 9th, 2020 Book review 1 Deadline: July 1st, 2020 Book Review 3 Deadline July 21st, 2020 Rubric How your work will be graded Helpful Links Links for you to choose to make your portfolio Helpful Expressions How to write more accurately
- 3. 01 INSTRUCTIONS How to Make Your Reading Plan Portfolio
- 4. Create your reading plan portfolio. ● Check the template links for ideas to create your portfolio. ● Answer the questions given in the Book Review section. ● Check the expressions at the end of the presentation to help you write more accurately. ● Include images, drawings, charts or anything else to support your ideas. ● Update your presentation after each deliverable. ● Upload your work in this section of AVATA following the deadline. Instructions
- 5. 02 BOOK REVIEW 1 July 1st, 2020 “The Good Peasant’s Son” “The Crocodile and the Hunter” “Breaking the Chain”
- 6. ● What is a folktale? ● What are its characteristics? ● What folktales do you know? Share one here. Before Reading Answer the following questions:
- 7. ● Make a list of at least fifteen unknown words. Try to define them using your own words and the clues you find in the text. ● What do you think the time of the events on the three readings is? Explain your answers. While Reading ● What do you know about the Russian Czars? Find out information about them and write your own paragraph with your ideas. ● What do you know about the Niger River? Where is it located? What is its ecosystem like? Write a short paragraph with information about it. ● Do you think the events of “Breaking the Chain” are the Devil’s doings? Why? Why not? Explain your answer.
- 8. • Create a short news video reporting the events on ONE of the stories you read. Talk about the characters, what happened, where it occurred, and any other information you consider relevant. • Paste the link here. After Reading
- 9. 03 BOOK REVIEW 2 July 9th, 2020 “Lukas’s Luck” “Wisdom for Sale” “The Wooden Horse”
- 10. ● What do you know about Czechoslovakia? Write a short paragraph about some interesting facts you find about it. ● What’s Gujarati? Write some of its characteristics on your own words. ● Do you have godparents? What do you know about that tradition? Before Reading
- 11. ● Do you think people deserve second opportunities? In which cases? Explain. ● What do you know about the Caste system in India? Write down the main ideas about it. ● Do you think that the Brahman boy was wise or he was just lucky? Explain. While Reading ● Why do you think that these three tales have powerful people like kings, merchants, and/or noblemen as the main characters? Explain your answer.
- 12. ● Create an info graphic in which you analyze the elements on the readings that are still present in the culture and the ones that have changed through time. Take into account the place of origin of these tales. After Reading
- 13. 04 BOOK REVIEW 3 July 21st, 2020 “The Wedding Box” “The Golden Apples” “Happy New Year”
- 14. ● What do you know about the Chinese New Year? Write down your ideas. ● How’s the Chinese wedding ritual different from the Colombian one? Explain the similarities and differences you find. ● What do you know about Norse mythology? Write down your ideas. Before Reading
- 15. ● Who are Odin, Honir, Idur, Bragi, Freyja and Loki? Make some short descriptions about them. ● What’s the moral of “The Wedding Box” What are your ideas about it? Explain. While Reading ● Compare Chinese New Year’s Eve celebration with yours. What’s similar? What’s different? Write a short paragraph explaining it.
- 16. ● Select ONE of the readings from the book, the one that you liked the most. Create a presentation about the cultural elements of such text. Take into account the geographical setting, the time, the characters, the moral of the story, the literary style and any other elements you find interesting about the tale. After Reading
- 17. 05 HELPFUL EXPRESSIONS How to Write More Accurately
- 18. Helpful Expressions Describe the picture - For example, ____ - For instance, based on the text ___ Specific part of the book - On page ______, it said ______ - According to the text____ Describing the author’s opinion The author wrote ___ - I think ___ because ___ - I know ____ because ___ - Now I know____ Giving Examples Personal Opinion
- 19. 06 RUBRIC How You Will Be Graded
- 20. Rubric Prior K nowledge Q uestioning Visualizing D etermining Importance Inferring S ynthesizing 4 L inksbackground knowledgeand examples fromthetext to enhance comprehension A sksand answersdifferent typesof questions; finds evidenceinthetext to support questionsand answers D emonstratesmulti-sensory imagesthat extend and enrich thetext; demonstrationmay bethroughany modality or medium Identifiesat least onekey idea, themeor concept linking it to the overall meaning of thetext; uses supporting detailsfromthetext to clearly explaintheimportance Independently makespredictions, interpretations,and/ or draws conclusionsand clearly explains connectionsusing evidencefromthe text and personal knowledge Retellselementsof thetext inlogical sequencewith someextensionto overall theme,messageor background knowledge 3 Relatesbackground knowledgeto text C anaskand answer questionsand provide evidencefromthetext D emonstratesuseof sensory images; imagesaresomewhat elaborated fromliteral text or existing pictures Identifiessomeimportant conceptsinthetext withsome important explanation(characters, plot,mainidea) M akespredictions,interpretations, and/ or drawsconclusionsand justifiesresponsewithinformation fromthetext,someteacher prompting may benecessary Retellsall key elementsof thetext inlogical sequence 2 T alksabout what text remindsthemof,but cannot explainhowit relatesto the text B eginning to askand answer questions; unableto support withevidencefrom thetext D emonstratesuseof some sensory images Identifiessomeimportant conceptsinthetext (characters, plot,mainidea) M akespredictions,interpretations, and/ or drawsconclusionsbut doesn't justify responsewith informationfromthetext Randomly retellssome elementsof thetext 1 D oesn't makeconnections to thetext U nableto askor answer questions; gives inappropriateor off topic responses D oesnot demonstrateuseof sensoty images U nableto identify important conceptsinthetext D oesn't makepredictions, interpretations,and/ or draws conclusions U nableto retell elementsof thetext 0 N ot done N ot done N ot done N ot done N ot done N ot done
- 21. 07 HELPFUL LINKS How You Can Make Your Portfolio
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