FROGGY GETS DRESSED (INTERACTION ACTIVITY)

 FROGGY GETS DRESSED (INTERACTION ACTIVITY)

I loved the activity proposed by Lucía about Timetoast. Here is the link of her activity. I believe that she has organised the sequence of activities with the students very well, I consider it to be a motivating activity and that, in addition, it introduces reading comprehension.

The activity I propose to use Timetoast is similar. I am going to use this digital tool to create a timeline of a book. The book is called 'Froggy gets dressed'. This book is all about weather and the vocabulary of clothes. The sequence I am going to follow is as follows:

1. Reviewing the vocabulary of clothes and weather that has been previously worked on in class with different games, such as for example, scattered telephone, the hidden word, butterfly catcher... in this way we start by motivating the students at the beginning of the class.
2. We introduce the main character, in this case Froggy. We can continue working on vocabulary and grammar but now introducing this character, in this way we introduce the book and at the same time motivate the students.
3. We show the images of the story to the students. They should imagine what might happen in the story and predict the events.
4. Now it is time to read the story out loud. We do this slowly and at the same time ask rhetorical questions to find out if the pupils are understanding the text. 
5. Then they read the text themselves individually. They underline words they do not understand.
6. In pairs they solve the doubts or difficulties they have found in the text. 
7. Finally, in groups of four, they solve the doubts if any remain and begin to order the events that occur in the story. First they will do this in a draft.
8. When they are sure of their draft, they go to Google classroom to watch a video tutorial I have created on how to use the Timetoast application. Then they create the timeline with the Timetoast app.
9. Finally, they send me the link by email.

I find that this activity is very complete since they work on many aspects such as reading comprehension, interaction, digital competence, group work, creativity... 

Every year I read the book 'Froggy Gets Dressed' with my students and it is a book that engages students, so I am sure that by adding the use of Timetoast, students will be even more motivated.

Thanks to this course I have discovered the use of this tool which I find very simple and useful to include in the teaching and learning process with students.