certain grammar or spelling rules, display and closed questions come in handy because they are workable and practical (Gall, 1984). Furthermore, in consistent with pupils’ English language level (pre-intermediate), teacher chooses display and closed question over referential and open-ended question in the drilling episode to boost pupils’ confidence for lower level students are more likely to perform better under highly instructive questions. What’s more, when promoting communicative skills,…
Group Activity: After reading The Dinosaur Chase while asking and answering questions, the students will play “roll and retell” with their partner. Students will work with their reading partner and each have a roll and retell graphic organizer and a dice. The students will take turns and roll the dice. If it lands on one, the students will retell what the story is mostly about. If it lands on the number two they will discuss where the story takes place. If it lands on three they will discuss…
The participants of the conference are a teacher and a student named Marelle. The conference is structured in a way that the teacher thoughtfully guides Marelle through the performance steps by using the questioning techniques. The goal of the conference is to empower Marelle with a clear strategy of writing about reading. Marelle starts applying the strategy in front of the teacher while the teacher offers ongoing support. The teacher does not expect for her student to achieve immediate…
or a thing and if the students like it they will move to the “Love” side of the room, likewise if they don’t love it they will go to the other side. When students are in the love side of the room to check understanding I am going to ask them open questions to ensure that they understand the meaning of love. To end a lesson on love I would get the class to play a game where the first person says “ I love…” the second person would repeat what the first person has said and add their own “I love…”…
Two Generations "Miss Cathy shrieked and stretched out her arms, as soon as she caught her father’s face looking from the window… I took a peep in to see after Linton. He was asleep in a corner, wrapped in a war, fur-lined cloak, as if it had been winter – a pale, delicate, effeminate boy, who might have been taken for my master’s younger brother…" (Brontë 206). Explanation: 1. Ruffian Sentence: “Catherine shall linger no longer to argue with the low ruffian – I have humored her enough” (Brontë…
achieve such lofty goals. The essay takes the form of an anecdote in which he was presented in front of his church in order to be “saved from sin”. However, the actual outcome of the experience strays far from this anticipated result as it leads him to question the foundation of religion and the very existence of God. The contrast between the contents of the story and the title establish a sense of irony, as in no way did he achieve “salvation” but rather he is made victim of…
about himself, he would keep it short and sweet, so I had to figure out something 's about him. I learned that Jose liked to be called rocky so I started calling him Rocky, so I sometimes call him rocky instead of Jose. I began to ask my first question, I noticed we both looked eager to hear and answer mutually. What school did you go to, and what type of environment did you grow up in? He said “I goto Manuel the School of Arts in the ghetto, in La south central, the environment is okay,…
Davis, a retired school teacher and Ms. Washington, an elementary teacher. When I asked to interview them on an educational topic, they both were delighted and agreed to participate in the interview. The first question I asked was to define critical literacy and explain why it is important for students to possess critical literacy skills. Ms. Davis stated that critical literacy is “being able to go beyond reading and analyzing a text.” It entails taking a critical…
in a way that makes readers engage with his concern about how their lives are being lived. In The Waking by Theodore Roetheke, the author constantly refers to fate in order to emphasize his belief that life is predestined, which makes the audience question how their lives should ultimately be viewed. Repetition is a key tool that the author utilizes to emphasize the idea of having a predestined life. The first and last lines of the first stanza are constantly being repeated throughout the…
Throughout time, literature has always raised several types of questions. As we grow and embark on the journey to further our education, these questions formed through literature get tougher and tougher to answer, and sometimes even find. Every literary work should raise a question in your mind, and leave you with information that you must use to come to a well thought out, elaborate answer. However, these questions could be answered very simply, or never be answered within the work. “Of Mice…