Turtle Issues Interactive Listening Activity

- Grades
- Grades 3–6, Elementary, Middle School
- File type
- Audio
- Subject
- ELA, Language Development, ESL
- Topic
- listening skills, interactive activity
- Resource types
- Activities
About this resource
What's inside this resource
Designed as an ideal resource to enhance the listening, speaking, and writing abilities of students, the Turtle Issues Interactive Listening Activity is a comprehensive pack that anchors around a news story available on the BTN website. Simultaneously engaging and educational, it fosters a dynamic learning environment for Language Arts students from Grades 3-6 and proves particularly beneficial for ESL Adults, ESL Low Intermediate and ESL Intermediate learners.
Core Language Skills Layers
The product builds upon several layers of core language skills. These include:
- Detailed listening notes that assist in sharpening auditory comprehension while expanding vocabulary range.
- Leveraging annotated insights promotes active resonance with linguistic nuances strengthening understanding sequentially.
- A provision for partner discussion serves to stimulate interactive dialogue among learners promoting proficiency in oral communication.
- Last but not least, comprehension assessments are catered to gauge acquired understanding clearly solidifying language apprehension by encouraging recall and application competently.
Following these exercises is a conclusion on writing assignments enabling articulation precision of thoughts into words which bolsters grammatical competence aiding instrumental development in written expression.
Versatility & Format:
The versatility of this teaching resource permits adaptogenic implementation across varied learning setups be it whole group classroom sessions or small group interactions or even personalized homework assignments providing robust flexibility tailored pedagogically toward each learner’s growth trajectory guiding them onto effective language learning pathways capably at every step.
The audio format introduces auditory exposure thereby transforming conventional textual methodologies invigorating experiential learning experiences significantly easing traversals along oft challenging paths toward achieving sturdy foundational Language Arts competency augmenting academic journeys robustly.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Record key details from a news video in notes
- Define topic vocabulary such as trivial and genes using a dictionary
Skills covered
- Active listening — students identify effective listening behaviors on a checklist
- Note-taking — students capture details while watching the story a second time
Good to know
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What do students need to complete the activity?
The Turtle Issues video plays on the BTN website, so internet access is needed during class, along with a dictionary for the vocabulary words.
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
- Active listening
- Note-taking
- Hatchlings
- Extinction
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