Scholastic Action Magazine
Curriculum Subject Area Goals:
(1) To view, listen and comprehend spoken
English.
(2) Read and comprehend English in a written
format.
Curriculum Subject Area of Objectives:
(1) Students will view a streaming video
presentation on the manufacture of chocolate and answer oral and written
questions about vocabulary and content of the media.
(2) Students will read a magazine article about the history of chocolate and answer written questions about the content of the article.
(2) Students will read a magazine article about the history of chocolate and answer written questions about the content of the article.
Information Literacy Goals:
Students will learn about the availability
of credible and authoritative information contained in streaming media and web
based articles.
Information Literacy Objectives:
Students will
learn about academic information available in Discovery Education streaming
media. Building upon prior instruction
by the ESL instructor and the Information Specialist, students will continue to
use the learning features of web based Scholastic Action publications to access and comprehend information in various English
formats.
Resources:
(1) Discovery
Education Streaming Media- a visit to “the Guittard chocolate factory in San
Francisco to find out how bitter cocoa beans are turned into blocks of sweet
milk chocolate”.
(2) The
Library Blog
(3) Scholastic
Action Magazine Online
(4)
Polyvision smart board and projector
(5)
Computer workstations equipped with earphones
Activities:
Students will
be seated in tables facing the Polyvision smart board upon which Discovery Education
Streaming Media will be projected. The video will serve to provide prior
connections, background and outside knowledge before commencing the next phase
of instruction. Written material in support of the media and a quiz will be
distributed by the instructors.
Students will then move to individual
workstations, that will be equipped with earphones,
at which
time they will access the interactive Scholastic Action Magazine website located
on the Library Blog. Students review vocabulary with the ESL instructor and read
the article “The History of Chocolate”. Students will then be directed to
complete an online quiz based upon the article that is accessible as a “printable” resource.
The Information Specialist will review the
access/products used and the ESL instructor will review
content and English learning activities.
Follow-up Activities:
The instructors will continue to use the
resources of Discovery Education Streaming Media and Scholastic Action with EST
students. A new issue of Scholastic Action is published monthly and the website
is updated continuously.
Grading/Assessment Rubric:
The completion
of the quizzes distributed will serve as a guide to the instructors for further
joint instruction of the class.
