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Activity 21

                                                                                 • Some of your students may
                                                                                   not be that good at drawing.
                                                                                   If available, they can create a
                                                                                   composite image using pictures
                                                                                   cut from magazines. The aim is
                                                                                   to depict the steps accurately.
                                                                                 • For this activity to work
                                                                                   smoothly, different teams should
                                                                                   have chosen different natural
                                                                                   disasters (unless you have a
                                                                                   small group).
                                                                                 • When receiving the answers,
                                                                                   make sure your students aren’t
                                                                                   too strict, since their partner
                                                                                   may not know the exact
                                                                                   wording. However, encourage
                                                                                   them to answer as an instruction
                                                                                   and not as a description.

                                                                                 Activity 22
                                                                                 • It is important to remind your
                                                                                   students that the main idea is not
                                                                                   always located at the beginning
                                                                                   of a paragraph.
                                                                                 • Check that the color they
                                                                                   use to highlight is consistent
                                                                                   throughout the texts; otherwise,
                                                                                   your students will have difficulty
                                                                                   in the next activity.
              • Revision among peers is a strategy that can reduce the workload for everyone. Get your students involved
               and foster an environment where even the more introverted students feel at ease expressing their opinions
               to their partners. This will allow them to check details that sometimes students don’t tell you, because they
               feel more comfortable dealing with their peers.
              • This activity is designed to give your students clues for the upcoming activities which include putting
               the steps in order and drawing pictures to confirm understanding of instructions. Remind your
               students that images should be descriptive and not cryptic, that is, they should reinforce the text meaning
               and not hinder its comprehension.


              Activity 23
              • Once again, the focus is on metacognitive awareness and about distinguishing relevance between ideas.
               Remember, this is important only because there is an activity dependent on understanding which ideas
               are the most important. Keep in mind that not all content should be worked on to the same depth, but
               rather you should tailor each one to your class.
              • If your students are unable to express their rationales, help them by asking questions leading them to the
               discovery of how they were able to do so. For example, Did you use a word or expression to figure that
               out? Point to it; could you tell me what makes you think this and use this expression? etc.






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