YAFIC Session 1

Welcome to young adult fiction 
Welcome to Young Adult Fiction 
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Welcome to young adult fiction 
Welcome to Young Adult Fiction 

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Today's session
  • Introduction to the course
  • Your views on reading
  • Theory: information on Extensive reading
  • Pre-reading Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

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Introduction to the course

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YAFIC Learning objectives: 
The student will:
  • maintain and develop their language skills by reading (adolescent) literature in English and discussing these works both verbally and in writing
  • work on a repertoire for teaching young adult fiction and poetry to secondary school pupils
  • get insight in some theory (methodology) on teaching young adult fiction to secondary school pupils

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Novels for this course

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Planner
Week
Date
Content
Preparation
1
7/9
Introduction to the course
Information on Extensive Reading 
Pre-reading: Percy Jackson
2
14/9
information on Extensive Reading, part 2
While reading Percy Jackson
Read PJ, chapters 1-4
Make groups and decide on which novels to read 
3
21/9
Criteria for selection
Pre-, while, and postreading learning objectives
4
28/.9
Info on struggling readers
While reading PJ
Read PJ, chapters 5-8
5
5/10
Essay writing & Annotated bibliography
While reading PJ
Read PJ, chapters 9-17
6
12/10
Post reading Percy Jackson
Finish PJ

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Planner Period 2
Week
Date
Content
1
9/11
Peer teaching Long Way Down
2
16/11
Peer teaching Stay Where You Are And Then Leave
3
23/11
Peer teaching A Very Large Expanse of Sea
4
7/12
Peer teaching A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
5
14/12
Peer teaching Aristotle and Dante discover the Secrets of the Universe
6
4/1
Peer teaching Other Words for Smoke

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Assessment
Students will work on a portfolio that consists of:
  • 2 analytical essays on 2 different YA novels from the list (individual) 
  • 1 annotated bibliography on a 3rd novel from the list (individual)
  • A lesson series on a 4th YA novel from the list, presented in class. (group)

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Lesson series
Well- designed, attractive, easily copyable worksheet to go with assigned novel to promote, guide and facilitate the reading process as a class reader. Includes warm up, pre-reading activities, while-reading activities aimed at understanding and reader-response, and post-reading activities aimed at imaginative and critical reflection. Accompanying teacher notes with model-responses. Presented in class.

Examples on Onderwijs Online.

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To form groups…
Decide which 4 books you want to read for P2.
Send an email or Teams chat message to your teacher (today) with the titles of these 4 books. 
Your teacher will make groups for the Lesson series assignment based on your preference.
You will be informed about your group next week. 

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Your views on reading

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Do you enjoy reading?
A
Yes
B
Mwah
C
Definitely!!!
D
No, not at all

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Do you like reading Young Adult Fiction?
A
Yes
B
No
C
Sometimes

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Did you enjoy reading as a child?
A
Yes
B
No

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Did you enjoy reading in secondary school?
A
Yes
B
No
C
Sometimes

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Upload an image of a book that you enjoyed as a child/ teenager.

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Do you think reading is important in secondary school?
A
Yes
B
No
C
A little bit

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What could the benefits be of reading fiction in the ESL classroom?

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Theory on extensive reading

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Reading: types  
Four types of reading:
3 always taught in class, even in EFL class, but 1...

Intensive > studying (word-level comprehension) 
Global > skimming (main ideas)
Selective > scanning (searching for detail)
Extensive > ‘making miles’   

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The principles of extensive reading
  • The text is easy (N+1) >> 95-98% words understood
  • Allows for a reading rate of 150 words/minute
  • A variety of reading material on a wide range of topics is readily available.
  • Learners choose what they want to read.
  • Learners read as often and as much as possible.
  • The purpose is pleasure, achievement and growth.
  • Reading is its own reward (fvr)

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The principles of ER… (2)
  • Reading is individual ánd communal
  • Lots of sharing of reading experiences (talking)
  • The teacher guides and monitors the students.
  • Weekly attention, weekly promotion
  • Visible teaching and visible learning
  • The teacher is a role model of a reader (i.e. reads, is keen, interested, an animateur).

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Why Extensive Reading?
Reading
  • increases study skills and high level education
  • is enjoyable (personal time, leisure)
  • makes you think (critical thinking)
  • teaches you stuff (also culture, tradition, beliefs)
  • increases empathy, awareness of other(s)
  • makes you part of community (shared stories)
  • .. But also 
  • Reading makes you a better reader
  • Reading makes you more confident about learning

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Why Extensive Reading in EFL?
  • Language learning through language input
  • Meaningful and authentic contexts of language use
  • Boosts retention of words and structures
  • Boosts cultural awareness and difference
  • Allows to learn at own speed, place, time
  • Allows adaptive work at own ability
  • Allows choice of topic, numbers, response


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What books?
Variety of books in stock
Fiction and non-fiction
Authentic YAL novels
Graded readers for beginners

For:
Individual reading: adaptive & taste
Class reading: for attention & promotion, sharing, comparing, discussing

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Golden Rules
  • be excited about reading yourself
  • offer choice
  • weekly reading promotion
  • stay “in touch” with your pupils about their reading
  • help & guide your pupils

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Next week we will…

Discuss research findings with regards to extensive reading

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Percy Jackson: Pre-Reading

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Percy Jackson and the lightning thief
  • Written by Rick Riordan (an English and History teacher from the US)
  • The first book of the Percy Jackson Series
  • Explore the back and front of the book: what strikes you? What will the book be about?

               Vocab help

Lightning = bliksem

To vaporize = kill, go up in smoke

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Pre Reading question:
Have you ever read any other fantasy novels?
If yes, which ones?

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What do these novels have in common?
What do you like about fantasy novels?

The Gods of Olympus

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hand out in case you would do this live in the classroom
Let’s read page 1 and 2 together

  • Percy calls himself a troubled kid. What do you think he means?
  • This trip I was determined to be good…..What do you think will happen next?
  • A lot of kids don’t know they are half-bloods. Want to find out if you could be one?
     

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Questions that you could also discuss in class:
Warm up:
  • Brainstorm as many school field trips as you can remember. What’s the best (or worst) experience you’ve ever had on a school field trip?
  • Have you ever learned something in school you were absolutely sure you would never use in your life? Explain.
Based on page 1 and 2:
  • What kind of school is Yancy Academy ?
  • What bad experiences has Percy had on past field trips?

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Percy Jackson planner
Week 2 (7 Sep) = prereading
Week 3 (14 Sep)= chapters 1-4
Week 5 (28 Sep) = chapters 5-8
Week 6 (5 Oct)= chapters 9-17
Week 7 (12 Oct)= chapters 18-22

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Next week
Bring and start reading Percy Jackson
  Chapters 1-4

Make groups and decide which choice novels to read

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