CONTEXTUAL FRAME for ACTIVITIES

CONTEXTUAL FRAME for ACTIVITIES

1. Text types

   • Narrative
   • Descriptive
   • Printed dialogues
   • Informative

2. Genre

   • Comics, children´s magazines, chats, etc

3. Paratextual Features

   • Titles, subtitles, paragraphs, pictures, etc

4. Topics

   • Based on topics that are proposed by the Curricular Design

5. Lexical (vocabulary) and Grammatical Contents

   • Reading: difficulty level above sts´ language knowledge
   • Writing: sts may can produce in a lower level than reading productions
     • Sts use strucures, vocabulary and text forms they´ve already learnt

6. Functional Content

   • What do we use language for?
     • To ask permission; to describe; to ask help; etc

7. Cognitive Operations

   • To identify a topic; to understand the purpose of a letter; etc

8. READING

   • Genre and text type
     • What am I reading? Where does the text appear?
   • Functional content
     • What for?
       • What is the purpose of this text?
   • Writer
     • Who wrote it?
   • Reader
     • Who is it for?
   • Topic
     • What is the text about?
   • Lexical and grammatical contents
     • What contents does it have?
   • Possible Activities
     • Open questions; Multiple choice; True/False; Matching.
   • Two main moments:
     • While Reading
       • Sts will search Specific information
         • About the Text type, Genre, Topic, Espatial location, Temporary location, Narrative sequence, etc
     • Before or Pre Reading
       • Introducion to the topic
         • Asking questions about the topic
         • Using realia, pictures, etc.
         • Talking about the topic

9. WRITING

   • Formal issues
     • Tenses; prepositions, vocabulary, punctuation, spelling
   • We expressed ideas, feelings, actions, etc
   • What do I wrote?
   • What doI write for?
   • Who is it for?
   • Take into account the level of difficulty.
   • Give sts examples of the type of production
     • Test run
   • Bring paratextual features
   • Bring a model text