The Teacher should think of a starting point for a story, or suggest a number of events that fit as the beginning of a story to be offered to the students. Each group of students should choose one beginning which is of interest to them.Materials
· CALL LabStudents
· University of Oregon Yamada Lab chat room http://babel.uoregon.edu/run.biapchat
First year students at the Faculty of Education, Alexandria University, The class consists of 20 students , divided into 5 groups ( 4 students each).Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:Task Description
· Develop narrative and argumentative thinking.
· Develop fluency skills (writing and speaking).
The students of each group are assigned different roles in the story. The teacher introduces them to the chat room and familiarizes them with the beginning of the story. They enter the chat room, and each one of them will take part in the events of the story, creating a certain scenario towards an end.Follow-up
After the chat:Author Contact Information
· The members in each group will be involved in a discussion that allows each of them to defend his/her position.
· Then, students will be asked to write a narrative paragraph in which they present the events of the story.
Wafaa Dawood, wafjawood@yahoo.com
Mona Eid, monaeid@usa.net
Nahed Ragaa, nahed71@yahoo.com
Aziza Zaher, aziza_zaher@usa.net
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