Syllabus Design_2

Syllabus Design

1. Reading Comprehension Skills through virtual forums

   • Main goal
     • At the end of the course, the students will be able to interact in virtual forums in order to implement (PWP) reading strategies to have a better understanding of informative texts.
   • Specific Objectives
     • * You will be able to get understanding on how to use the virtual forum platform.
       • * You will be able to apply PWP reading strategies with informative texts.
         • * You will be able to work collaboratively in order to contrast your ideas of a text with the classmates.
   • EXPECTED OUTCOME
     • At the end of each activity, the students will be able to practice the taught reading comprehension strategies through virtual forums. After posting in the virtual forum the students will also analyse the text in order to build a common understanding of it.

2. Context

   • This implementation will be carried out with 83 10th graders from three different institutions
     • IED. Maria Cano
     • Colegio Retos
     • IED. El Porvenir

3. Activity & Assessment

   • 1. Recognize what is a forum for? The students will be prompted to answer some questions about their previous knowledge on virtual forums and then they will discuss their points of view. The teacher will clarify some concepts about virtual forums using a Powerpoint presentation.
     • 2. Working with virtual icons The teacher will organize the students in groups. Each group will be given a description of the use of a specific icon in order to explain it to their classmates. After these presentations, students will be given a chart in order to match the definitions with the appropriate icon.
       • 3. Evaluating virtual forum icons Each couple will receive a lottery board which contains the forum icons worked in class. The teacher will take out icons definitions from a bag. One student will read the definition and the couples will try to complete their boards with the right definition. The winner couple will be those who complete the board first with the right definition.
         • 4. Homework The students will be prompted to get into the forum platform in order to make a brief description of them. ( name, age, likes, dislikes, hobbies.) Each student has to comment, respectfully, at least two classmates posts.
           • By the end of these activities the ustudents will be able to use the tools of the virtual forums to work collaboratively in some reading tasks.