Highlight and Draw
I wanted to briefly share this activity, which can be another way to get repetitions of a story without all the kicking and screaming. During this activity students are actively doing something as you get another repetition of the story. The aim is also for you to distribute a copy of the story to the students and have them interact with it meaningfully.
Highlight and Draw
Step 1: Distribute a copy of the story. Students are to get out a highlighter.
Step 2: Students turn to a new page and write the heading ‘Highlight and Draw’. The pictures the students will be drawing for the activity should take up a ¼ of the page.
Step 3: Open the PowerPoint of the story and begin reading slowly, pointing to each word. While you are doing this, your students are to use their finger and follow along on the document in front of them.
Step 4: When you read to the highlighted sentence on the PowerPoint, students are to highlight the same sentence in their book.
Step 4: Students are then given 3 minutes to draw a draft of the picture.
Step 5: Draw your interpretation of the picture, so students can see how they went/correct theirs. Then continue with Step 3.
Good luck and happy travels!
P.S.
This activity might take more than one lesson, so here are some ways to keep it fresh upon return to it:
Instead of just waiting to highlight sentence, treat it as an opportunity to identify other components of the text, like nouns, verbs, articles etc.
For Japanese teachers, have your students begin to highlight the Kanji. They can be a great opportunity to get familiar with them.
Have the students write the highlighted sentences under each picture (this would be pretty time consuming, which is why I didn’t include it)
Let me know if you have any other ideas!
