Enhancing creativity through reading

1. Enhancing creativity through reading By Ms Christine LAU & Ms Elke LAU Chai Wan Kok Catholic Primary School (AM)

2. New Welcome 2B (+ Listening Skill, Grammar practice, Reading & Writing Skills) Module 4: Chai Wan Kok Tuck Shop (Units 3, 1 & 2) Module 5: The Very Crazy Animal (Units 5 & 6) • Shared reading: • Ice cream (reader) • Shared reading: • The very hungry caterpillar • Creative writing: • Making a small booklet on the food I like • Creative writing project: • Making a small booklet on the life cycle of a butterfly • Making a paper caterpillar • Making a zig-zag book • Reading aloud & writing: • Booklet 4 – Chai Wan Kok Tuck Shop • Speaking & listening: • Making an appointment • Speaking & listening: • A group survey on the food you like

3. The schedule Lesson 1: 1st reading - for enjoyment Lesson 2: 2nd reading - recapping the food vocab and working out a simple story map by days of the week Lessons 3 & 4: 3rd reading - working out the life cycle of the butterfly by making a small origami booklet (e.g. I can see a little egg on a big green leaf.) Lesson 5: making a paper caterpillar using cut-outs, writing down the food eaten on each day and creating a new ending (e.g. Then it went to bed. / Then it had toothache. / Then it felt happy.) Lessons 6 & 7: making a zig-zag book about a crazy animal (e.g. the very crazy elephant) which gobbles up some funny things (e.g. On Monday, it ate a bike.)

4. The Life Cycle of a Butterfly Chai Wan Kok Catholic Primary School By Ms Elke LAU 11 May 2004 P.2C (2 periods)

5. Procedure: • Using examples to illustrate what a life cycle is • Revisiting the life cycle of a butterfly • Giving instruction and demonstrating how to make a small booklet

6. Individual work: Making a small booklet

15. Presentation by students

16. Making a Paper Caterpillar Chai Wan Kok Catholic Primary School By Ms Christine LAU 11 May 2004 P.2A (2 periods)

17. Procedure: • Revisiting the life cycle of a caterpillar

18. Retelling the story using OHP and cut-outs

21. Demonstration on writing

22. Individual work: making a paper caterpillar

23. Students’ work

32. Making a Zig-zag Book Chai Wan Kok Catholic Primary School By Ms Christine LAU 31 May 2004 P.2A (2 periods)

33. Procedure: • Revising names of the food What did the caterpillar eat in the story?

34. 2. Revising days of the week What are the seven days of the week?

35. 3. Showing a zig-zag book to the students • Samples prepared by the teacher: • Tambo the Koala (eating animals) • Mary the Monster (eating transports) • Roy the Robot (eating household objects)

39. Brainstorming new words (including animals, food, drinks etc.) to prepare the students for the writing task Now you have to write your own story. What do you like to eat?

40. Giving instruction on how to make a zig-zag book • Points to note: • Write the title. • Write a simple introduction. • Write and draw the things eaten on each day of the week. • Describe the feeling. • Design the book cover / back. • Add the page numbers.

41. Individual writing task

42. “I am a funny duck” by Ivy KO

43. “Kitty the Swan” by Rita KWOK

44. “Kenny the Rabbit” by Kenny HO

45. “The crazy bird” by Angela

46. “Happy the Robot” by Charlie WONG

47. “Stupid the Cat” by CHAN Mau Sin

48. Thank you.