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… a ticket to travel What are Penguin kids? SIX Levels Primary Disney-Pixar-Penguin Graded Readers Who are they for? • 5 – 12 year olds • Develop a love of reading • Gradual move to independent reading • Any primary classroom Penguin Kids Easy Quiz! Atlantis Snow White WALL-E Dumbo A Bug’s Life Toy Story 1 The Little Mermaid The Jungle Book WALL-E UP Mulan How do children learn to read? • In the mother tongue… • They read pictures • They recognise the word shapes • They associate words with images • They associate words with meanings • They ‘read’ words in chunks of sound • They use strategies to decode new words And in a second language… • It’s very similar … except sometimes: • There’s a different script • The words work differently • There are differences between sound and spelling How can Penguin Kids help? Penguin Kids • Stage the introduction of vocabulary and grammar to match the language and cognitive development level of the student Penguin Kids Mimic the ways children learn to read: From reading pictures • To recognising word shapes; • To associating words with images; • To associating words with meanings; • To ‘reading’ words in chunks of sound; • To using strategies to decode new words. How are Penguin Kids graded? The six levels are graded by: • Structure (grammar) • Vocabulary • Sentence length • Sentence complexity • Number of words on page • Number of pages in a book • Complexity of activities Language Scale Level 1 - 5/10 words/page Level 2 - 10/20 words/page Level 3 - 20/40 words/page Level 4 - 40/60 words/page Level 5 - 60/80 words/page Level 6 - 80/100 words/page Linguistic Scale Hours Headwords Level 1 up to 50 hours of English 200 Level 2 up to 100 hours of English 400 Level 3 up to 150 hours of English 600 Level 4 up to 200 hours of English 800 Level 5 up to 250 hours of English 1000 Level 6 up to 300 hours of English 1200 CYLET CEFR Starters A1 Movers A1 ++ Penguin Kids are also graded by • Age • Cognitive level • Topic Using stories in class Context TPR Pre-reading, while-reading and after-reading activities Repeatability Understanding Fun Pre-Reading Activities Why and How? • • Activate knowledge Pre-teach vocabulary • • Introduce theme Prepare for reading: Make it magic and fun! Let’s take a look at one of my favourites… Know him? Before we start reading • Find out if students know this story • Elicit where the story takes place? Where does the Darling family live? • Check what students know about London. • You can speak about families using the Darling family as an example. Children can use their family photos to present them. • Pre-teach the needed vocabulary. • Use pictures from the book as much as possible. While-Reading Activities Why and How? • Check understanding ○ Q and A • • Scaffold learning ○ Predicting Step away from the text ○ Cover and retell While-reading activities from the factsheets After Reading Activites Why and How? • • Make a book • Make a mask • Paint a scene Write a review/story outline • Write/sing a song • Make a puppet • • Act it out Story extension… After-reading activities After-reading activities. London poster Materials: pictures or video clips of famous London sights; large sheets of paper; smaller sheets of paper; colored pens / pencils / paints; safety scissors; glue • Ask students which city Peter and Tinker Bell visit in the book. • Explain to students that they are going to make a poster about some of the famous sights in London. • Ask the students which famous sight is in the book. • Show the students some pictures or clips of the famous sights in London. • Students then draw or paint pictures of some of the sights, then cut them out and stick them onto the larger sheet of paper to make a poster, then label pictures. Where to get extra resources for teachers? www.pearsonELT/penguinkids Where to get extra resources for teachers? www.pearsonELT/penguinkids Why Read? Discover books • • • Discover letters and words • • Turn pages • Learn to read • Moral values Because it’s FUN! Because it’s a ticket to travel! Act-it-out • • Prepare your students to act Select a short scene or scenes • • • Students prepare Students act-it-out Students guess and retell/rebuild the story Конкурс для маленьких читателей «Читаем истории Disney вместе с Penguin KIDS» • Положение о конкурсе • Задание Thank you!