Learning outcomes
- What the African Storybook team are looking for in a story - length, reading level ideas etc.
- Characteristics of a beginner reader
- What kind of stories do beginner readers like?
- How to use the African Storybook website for reading and writing
This week's webinar
Meeting Name: Use
the African Storybook website in your classroom
Summary: In this webinar we will share ideas of how to use the African Storybook website in your classroom if you are a teacher or with your children if you are a parent. The ASP website has great potential both as a writing took and a source of reading material.
When: 07/31/2014 from 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Time Zone: (GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria
To join the meeting: http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/asp-classroom/
Summary: In this webinar we will share ideas of how to use the African Storybook website in your classroom if you are a teacher or with your children if you are a parent. The ASP website has great potential both as a writing took and a source of reading material.
When: 07/31/2014 from 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Time Zone: (GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria
To join the meeting: http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/asp-classroom/
All you have to do is click on the
link and you will be taken to a sign in page of Adobe Connect. If it is
your first time on Adobe Connect you will be asked to check your computer to
see if it has an add-in installed – and if you don’t you will be taken through
the process. Thereafter you sign in as a guest with your name and you join us.
You can chat in the chat box but can unfortunately not chat verbally unless I
give you microphone rights. Our Adobe Connect webinar sponsorship allows 25
attendees – but as I mentioned everything will be available for you to listen
to in your own time.
This week's task
This week we would ask you
to share your ideas about the characteristics of a beginner reader and the type
of stories you find that beginner readers like to read. We’ll be starting with our story writing next
week and during the course of this week I’ll send you the long awaited email of
which applications to use on the different devices.. You can use Facebook or the blog to write your ideas.
Stories for beginner readers :
ReplyDelete• Story must not be too long.
• The storyline / plot must catch and keep the reader’s attention until the end.
• Illustrations should supplement / add to the meaning of the words on the page.
• Language must be simple and appropriate to the reading level of the learner to encourage confidence.
• One or two challenging or “new / unfamiliar” words could be included depending on the aim of your story. I have read books where writers sometimes give just the main character a name that is fun to say…and that has a rhythm of its own.
• Sentences should be short.
• Early readers enjoy meaningful repetition of words or phrases. Aside from being fun to read, repetition also reinforces learning.
• The setting, plot, characters and conflict must be relevant to the learners’ background and experiences. Eg. family, friends, animals, school.
• The plot should be simple with just ONE conflict.
• The names of characters should be simple but different to each other. Eg. Buhle and Sihle. The sounds are too similar. Rather eg. Buhle and Sipho.
Comments please...
On reflection, my previous comment seems irrelevant to the questions posed by Fiona. So here’s another attempt!
ReplyDeleteWhat are the characteristics of a beginner reader?
From my personal experience, kids are uninhibited, bold, keen, enthusiastic and ready to embrace and explore what we offer. I think that most young children are not very critical or biased. They just want to enjoy what’s presented, to get to grips with the written words and to be able to make sense of them.
What type of stories would appeal to beginner readers?
Stories that are fictional, have words / phrases that are repeated, have short sentences, that contain one or two absurd words / ideas, songs and rhyming words and that relate to family, family experiences, animals, pets, friends and teachers and school.
Pam, I agree with you on both comments :) Marina
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