1st-4th class meeting

Goals of  the lessons:

• To improve students’ language skills through extensive reading
• To use technology well in a global society
• To promote life-long learning

Outcomes: By the end of  the lesson, the students will be able to:

• Improve reading skills: fluency and speed
• Focus on reading comprehension
• Develop vocabulary
• Practice computer skills for further online activities
• Improve speaking skills around reading activities

1st-4th Class Meeting: Extensive Reading and Reading Materials

Activity 1: Warm-up

1. Bring  into  class  a  number  of   short  stories  of   different  genres.  Take  out  one  easy, short story book and read aloud before the class.
2. Ask students some questions about the story:
   a. Have you ever read this story before?
   b. Do you find this story interesting?
   c. In a few words, can you briefly tell what the story is about?
   d. Which word(s) don’t you understand when I told the story?
3. Introduce the lesson: Today I am going to introduce a new way of  reading that can improve not only reading skills but
   also other English skills of  speaking, listening and/or writing. That is extensive reading. Have you ever heard the term before? Do you know what extensive reading is? Does it work out for your learning? What are its benefits? Extensive reading is reading for fun or pleasure. That is, you just
   read what really interests you. Therefore, in this lesson, I will help you better understand this type
   of  reading.
4.  Introduce extensive reading to the class: Ask  students  to  work  in  groups  of   three  to  discuss  and  answer  the  following
   questions:
   a. What do you know about extensive reading?
   b. What are the benefits of  extensive reading?
   c. What materials can be used for extensive reading?
   d. what are the characteristics of extensive reading?
5. Help  students  answer  the  questions,  and  then  give  a  handout  of   answers  to  the above questions for discussion. (See Appendix 1)
6. Conduct  a  survey  to  see  what  students  often  enjoy  reading  in  the  free  time.  (http://oesnoe-dotu.blogspot.co.id/2016/01/personal-reading-experiences.html) 

Activity 2: Group discussion

1. Ask students to work in groups of  four to talk about their reading experiences (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TpkWHtlEjtmB76fQs37rrYsBoZNrhT6kQWgPSJYIUsQ/viewform). Ask students to take notes over reading experiences shared from their classmates.
2. Then,  ask  each  group  to  talk  briefly  about  what  interesting  things  he  or  she  has found out from his/her group members’ answers. Make sure question 6  in Appendix 3 is clearly stated for each member.

Activity 3: Extensive Reading Materials

1. Ask  Ss  to  go  to  class  website  at http://oesnoe-dotu.blogspot.co.id/2016/01/kolom.html. 
2. Ask Ss to choose a story of  their interest to read.
3.  Make sure that all Ss can open the site to read the story.

Activity 4: Reading the stories

1. Ask Ss to start reading individually and silently in class.
2. Remind Ss that they can change the reading topics, stories, and/or articles.
3. In the last 5 minutes, ask Ss to recommend their favorite story to the whole class by posting their link and comments at http://oesnoe-dotu.blogspot.co.id/2016/01/kolom.html
4. Ask Ss to give quick answers to the questions in the handout. (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1v3LC2YgkBbec1DrrhNt5JaU9nRQMkU6dhAM7KS8H1Ls/viewform).

Activity 5: Sharing your readings

1. Ask Ss to work in groups of  three to orally share the stories they have read
2. Then,  ask  Ss  to  share  what  they  have  read  and  learned  from  the  stories  by  writing comments onto the blog. 

Activity 6: Closing and home assignment

1. Encourage Ss to further browse suggested reading links on the website.
2. Encourage  Ss  to  search  for  more  interesting  links  for  extensive  reading  to  the  class website.