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Unit 1

Reading Circle

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an activity that can help promote:

•1. To Build and Foster an Atmosphere of Critical Thinking.


•2. To Improve your Ability to Work in a Team
•Environment.
•3. To hone your Reading Skills in Order to Understand the Text
s.
•4. To Enhance your Ability to Communicate Through
•Speaking

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What is a reading circle?

• A reading circle is a reading activity where


• students, in a small group, read the same text
• but each student in that group has a different
• role to play in the whole group’s overall
• understanding of the reading.

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What are some other reasons to d
o
reading Circles?
• Aside from helping meet the EAP learning out
comes discussed previously:
• — Promotes collaborative learning
• — Tasked-based learning
• — Promotes critical thinking
• — Student-centered.

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Reading
circles
Discussion leader Each student
Summarizer
has his or her own role.

Connector Word master

Culture collector
Passage person

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• Let's go through a readi
ng circle activity
together!

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1. Negative Word Watcher

• Word Watcher-looks forPolice Officer in the re


ading to teach the group.

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2. Positive Word Watcher

• Word Watcher-looks for words with positive


meaning in the reading to teach the group.

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3. Phrase Watcher
• Looks for new phrases in the reading to teach
the group.
• For each phrase, you must make some
sentences

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4. Connector
• Discuss with the group how the article might con
nect to experience you have had on the topic:
• your teacher
• your experiences of being praised by the teacher
• your family having meals together with fun
• your growing up story
• ...

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5. Painter
• draw pictures to present the following and
then explain them to the group:
• 1. the image of Mr. Fleagle
• 2. the whole family having Saphetti together

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6. Police Officer
• Make sure the other members are on task and
to direct the discussion.
• Make sure each person in the group has a cha
nce to speak.
• Make sure each person speaks English.

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1-6 Secretary
• Secretary-
• record group discussion to share with the rest
of the class.
• listen attentively when others are sharing.

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Roles:

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• Sharing

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Feedback
• So you’ve seen and experienced a reading
• circle activity. Think, Pair, Share:
• — What was the role of the teacher?
• — What was the role of the learner?
• — How was target language used?
• — How was critical thinking used?

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Discuss:

• — What were your impressions as a student/p


articipant in
• the activity?

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• Any suggestions or questions
for the activity?

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negative words in the reading

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positive words in the reading

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• To produce a piece of good and
vivid writing, what conclusion can
you draw from the choice of words
used in this passage?
• 1).The choice of words in
agreement with the purpose of
writing (eg. Formal/ informal,
negative/ positive etc.);
• 2).The repetition of words, though
in different forms, to emphasize;
• 3).The use of synonyms to avoid
repetition; to add variety to writing
new phrases in the reading

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off and on (or on and off):---para1; line 1

from time to time, now and again, 断断续续地

She slept off and on last night.


It has been raining on and off for a week.
That’s why the clothes feel damp.
常用来形容： sleep, rain, idea
What is sleeping off and on? – let’s watch a
video!
Face up to
para 3-line8
•be brave enough to accept or deal with (a problem or
difficulty) 勇敢地面对
记忆： try the movement ！
面对它、接受它、处理它、放下它

Face up to it
Accept it
Tackle it
And let it go
Associate
•记住：和 with 搭配！
Fall in love with someone

Get along with everyone


Put down- para 5-line2
• Write down 写下
• 记住意思和搭配

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