I know a lot of us come to the discussion forum to look for new activities for our classes, but don't forget to check out the articles that OER has posted on each topic. I recently started Unit 6 in AP World History (Imperialism). I ditched the textbook this unit and instead I am having students read and annotate primary and secondary sources. I pulled a TON from OER and my students are loving them! They said they are easier to read and understand compared to the textbook. They're still getting the required info and I'm not having to fight them read it!
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I had to ditch the textbook long ago and using the articles, videos, activities, and graphic biographies with the three close reads for all the articles and graphic biographies. I teach special needs students, so for each article (yes each and every article) I type up three -four columns of words they may struggle reading and know the definition. They mark the vowel teams, prefixes and affixes, and scoop the syllables as they read. We then look up the definition for each word and they write above the word.
I use my trusty voice tool on google doc to read a paragraph to it. It is typed double spaced. In that section, I have them circle punctuations such as periods, exclamations marks and question marks and they draw a downward arrow above them to show the intonation of their voice going downward. For commas and hypen, they box them and they draw an upward arrow. They practice reading the passage with the correction intonation to help with comprehension and fluency.
I again use the voice tool to read another passage and it is single spaced and they use vertical lines to mark up sections to help their comprehension. Separating subjects from verbs as well as preposition phrases.
Then I have them read their article and they need to make one commentary about per paragraph beyond "cool, interesting, huh" right on the article.
Then we go over the discussion questions and then they do their Three Close Reads.
It takes a LONG time, but it is what my students need.
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I had to ditch the textbook long ago and using the articles, videos, activities, and graphic biographies with the three close reads for all the articles and graphic biographies. I teach special needs students, so for each article (yes each and every article) I type up three -four columns of words they may struggle reading and know the definition. They mark the vowel teams, prefixes and affixes, and scoop the syllables as they read. We then look up the definition for each word and they write above the word.
I use my trusty voice tool on google doc to read a paragraph to it. It is typed double spaced. In that section, I have them circle punctuations such as periods, exclamations marks and question marks and they draw a downward arrow above them to show the intonation of their voice going downward. For commas and hypen, they box them and they draw an upward arrow. They practice reading the passage with the correction intonation to help with comprehension and fluency.
I again use the voice tool to read another passage and it is single spaced and they use vertical lines to mark up sections to help their comprehension. Separating subjects from verbs as well as preposition phrases.
Then I have them read their article and they need to make one commentary about per paragraph beyond "cool, interesting, huh" right on the article.
Then we go over the discussion questions and then they do their Three Close Reads.
It takes a LONG time, but it is what my students need.
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