A PLAN FOR TRAINING Session Title: Pre-reading Activities Session aims To introduce pre-reading activities and advantages
To provide opportunities for participants to design pre-reading activities
To raise awareness of the importance of pre-reading activities Timing 1.5 hours Preparation Make enough photocopies of handout, worksheet
Resources Handouts Worksheets
Newsprint
Colour markers Laptop
Photocopies of reading passages in the textbook Session outline Activity
Activity 1. Brainstorming Activity 2. Predicting
Activity 3. Mind mapping Activity 1 Procedures:
1. Introduce the definition and function of brainstorming by reminding participants of a specific reading passage and sharing their teaching experiences in groups 2. Demonstrate an example. Participants are going to be engaged in a group discussion
3. Involve participants in designing activities using the technique of
brainstorming
4. Allow some representatives to demonstrate their design 5. Give feedback Activity 2 Procedures:
1. Give the definition and function of prediction based on the title / vocabulary 2. Have participants look at some samples based on the title / vocabulary
3.. Involve participants in designing activities 4. Ask participants how they find the activity and if it is beneficial to the students Activity 3 Procedures:
1. Introduce the definition and the advantage of mind mapping 2. Ask participants to fill as many words as possible in the other four boxes around the center on their own and share with the rest 3. Show another sample
4. Involve participants in designing activities. 5. Give feedback.