ELL Action Research Constructing a lesson with digital integrated activities

Aim

To allow participants to experience and understand the effectiveness of constructing lessons with digital integrated activities

Materials Required

Class 4 English textbook, audio clip from first bell class 24 and class 25, mobile phone for recording

Time

2 hours

Process

Activity 1 (Listening)

1. Play the story of Ivan (Pg 60 and 61 - first bell std 4 class 24 from 11:20), participants learn new words like ‘merchant’, ‘soothed’, ‘toil’, ‘dawn’, ‘dusk’ and ‘brave’.
2. Participants then play the game ‘Listen on your feet’ wherein cue cards are distributed randomly with the following words printed on them: bright, merchant, soothed, brave, dawn, dusk, toil, sweet, lovely, beautiful. The audio is played. When participants hear the word that is printed on their card they must immediately stand up, hold up the card and then sit down.
3. Participants can also play a variation of the game where different groups stand up for different kinds of words like objects, action words, describing words.

Activity 2 (Listening and creative expression)

1. Play the story in first bell std 4 class 25 from 13:27.
2. After participants listen to the story instruct them to draw any scene to represent what they have just heard. It can show any part of the narration.

Activity 3 (Reading and Responding)

1. One participant (P1) starts to read the story on page 63.
2. While they read other participants think of questions to ask.
3. Then the participant starts to read the passage again but this time other participants raise their hand and interrupt at relevant points to clarify their doubts and ask questions. For eg: P1: ‘Ivan remained in the forest for a few days’, P2 asks, “How many days?”

Activity 4 (Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary)

1. Participants are given the title of the next part of the story - ‘The Secret’.
2. They are asked to predict some vocabulary words which would be found in the text having this title.
3. The text is then displayed and participants read it, ticking the words which they have predicted correctly.
4. They also make a list of new words that they encounter.

Activity 5 (Vocabulary, and Creative expression)

1. Participants get together in groups and each group records the poem ‘If I could Fly’ (Pg 73)
2. These recording are then exchanged among the groups and participants listen to the recordings and write down a list of action words that they find in the poem. Eg: fly, ride, float.
3. Once done, participants come up one by one and act out the action given to them. The participant asks “What am I doing?” The rest answer, “You are…”