ESOL STRATEGIES FOR LITERATURE!!! Introducing A New Book

Introducing a New Book

Next Generation Sunshine State Standards

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LA.K.1.1.5 The student will identify parts of a book (e.g., front cover, back cover, title page); 

Common Core Standards

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

ESOL Standards
12)Apply content-based ESOL approaches to instruction.

The purpose of this strategy is to spark the interest of the students. Introducing a book can also give students a better understanding of what possibly to expect before actually reading it. This also teaches the students all of the different elements involved in creating a book, and the proper way to use it.

Step one: Study the cover

1. Study the cover
2. Ask students to examine the cover of their book. In their journal, they can record associations that come to mind either from the words in the title or the cover illustration. Based on the information on the cover, students can discuss in pairs or small groups what they think the book might be about. They can also list questions that the cover raises for them. Prompts for this step include:  What do you see on the book’s cover? What does this tell you about the book? Based on what you see so far, what questions do you have about the book?
3. Open the book
   Allow students five-ten minutes to flip through the interior of the book, recording notes about what they find.  You might want to highlight specific features, such as the table of contents or index, or you might wait to see what students first discover on their own. Prompts for this step include: What do you find inside the book? How is it organized? What words or ideas stand out to you? What does your investigation tell you about the book? Based on what you see so far, what questions do you have about the book?
4. Discuss predictions and list questions

   Provide students with the opportunity to share their predictions with a small group or as a whole class. You can generate a list of questions about the book and post this on the wall. As students read the text, they can try to answer these questions.  This discussion time provides an opportunity for you to bring up aspects of the book that students may not have noticed. For example, you might call attention to a glossary or to information about the author.  Or, you might spend more time exploring the titles of chapters to get a feeling of what will be covered in the book.

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