Catherine TS#7

On Friday, May 22, I met with Zoe a third time. I remembered Zoe telling me that she does not like to do Reading Comprehension activities, "because they are too hard and boring". Being the kill-joy that I am, I decided to bring the Reading lesson plan from class.

To begin, I had Zoe answer three questions:

1. Do you like nature? Why? 
2. What are things you like to do outside?

As a visual aid, I gave Zoe two pictures of natural environments: a rainforest and an island. She wrote down her answers and shared them with me. Zoe loves nature because it is beautiful, but her sister likes it more. They love to look at nature, read in nature, and dance in nature. I followed this with a schema-building vocabulary activity. Using images, Zoe learned new vocabulary words: environment, global warming, pollution, and recycle. After this activity, I showed Zoe a picture from the article and asked her to guess what the reading would be about. Then we read an article from National Geographic for Kids: "Green Tips". Afterwards, I gave Zoe time to complete the reading comprehension questions on her own. Before leaving, I asked Zoe to tell me what she learned from the lesson using one vocabulary word.