Syllabus

Academic Year: 2019

Level& Status: Obligatory

Middle school students (3d grade)

30 min lecture

Course convener: Arta Shaqiri

E-mail: af22907@seeu.edu.mk

Tel: +389 71426829

Office hours: Friday 12-13, English cabinet

Learning Schedule: Mondays from 16:00-16:30

Wednesdays from 15:00-15:30

Fridays from 14:00-14:30

Consultation hours with parents: Friday 14:45-15:45

Specific course for students with Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that has a neurological origin that negatively affects
the student’s ability in reading and writing activities. This leads to additional difficulties
with comprehension, access to content and a reduced reading experience. These difficulties
precede student failure and lead to feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem. Schools
need to develop policies and procedures that enable early identification and intervention to
occur. Teachers need to have an in-depth knowledge of dyslexia and be skilled in the
processes for early identification and have access to strategies and resources for successful
evidence based intervention.

COURSE OUTLINE AND OBJECTIVES

Course description:
-The purpose of this course is to teach students the writing reading and spelling skills. The
students are expected to read, talk and write about the lessons through multiple activities
and learning strategies. There will be homework’s and also learning new vocabulary. This
course will enable the students to participate into the activities, to write, read and
memorize different kinds of words and texts, to communicate freely and to express their
opinion.

Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to:

- To introduce students new vocabulary and encourage their thinking.

- Developing writing skills

- Developing reading skills

- Understand and memorize the learned words.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
Description of descriptors for learning outcomes for this course:

CATEGORY LEARNING OUTCOMES

Knowledge and 1. Improve spelling and speaking skills.
understanding 2. Understand the key elements of the lesson such as the new words learned.

Applying 1. Students should be able to demonstrate their knowledge;

knowledge and 2. Should be able to take notes in class.
understanding 3. Should be able to memorize and repeat the words.

Communications 1. Use vocabulary appropriately

skills 2. Express ideas and thoughts in numerous ways freely.
3. Think about the different learning experiences taught in class

Learning skills 1. Improved reading and writing.

2. Improved spelling and memorization

DESCRIPTION %
Attendance 10
Participation 10
Homework 10
Writing test 10
Spelling test 10
Total 50

GRADE SCALE DESCRIPTION GRADE

85% - 100% Outstanding 5 (Five)
75% - 85% Excellent 4(Four)
65% - 75% Very Good 3 (Three)
51% - 65% Good 2(Two)
0% - 50% Failing 1 (One)

Bibliography
WEEKS MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY
Introduction Review of the Exercises and
Greeting the students alphabet activities
Presenting a brief Revising the alphabet Playing guessing
summary about their by doing some vowel games for recognizing
course. and consonant the alphabet by
1 activities to see where showing different
the student's pictures and finding
knowledge is. And out which letters are
then teaching and and what the
helping them if they sentences are
have difficulties. completely formed.
Spelling Regular Using bingo charts Writing.
Words: Spelling and flashcards with Once children can
Words Using Given words that use write, no matter how
Letter Sounds specific consonant poorly, they can
Students will learn a blends, read a word or engage in a variety of
strategy for spelling show a picture writing exercises that
regular CVC words representing the word further encourages
by segmenting words to students. awareness of the
2 into their Activity: Students sounds that make up
corresponding sounds then place a mark on words and of how
and spelling those the bingo square with letters represent these
sounds to write words. the matching sounds.
consonant blend. This Activity: Use different
process is repeated pictures with the
until the students have things that students
matched up enough have learned and ask
consonant blends to them to write it on
make BINGO. their papers what they
see in pictures.
Spelling activity. Colorful words: Pop Quiz
Providing the lesson Activities: Students Students in this
to the student by write out assigned station quiz each other
spelling different spelling words using on spelling words.
words in the slower different colors for One student will read
way. each letter to create words out loud, while
3 Spelling-colorful associations between the other either
letters, Activity: colors and letters, vocally spells the
Students change the facilitating the letter or spells the
letters with their retention of correct word on paper. This
friend and read them letter sequencing. aids the students in
out loud. auditory and verbal
spelling challenges.
Listening and Spelling test: Scrabble/Words
imagining. Students are provided With Friends day.
 Playing different with worksheets and Host a game day with
sounds for the are asked to write as the classroom that
students and asking much as possible utilize students’
them to imagine what words that they have abilities to spell larger
4 is and write it on their learned so far. and more complex
papers. words in a healthily
competitive
environment,
motivating them to
put what they just
learned into practice.
Reading Letter magnets: Activity:
Providing the students Students spell the new Give students some
With a text to read it. words that they have papers with the words
Asking students learned from the learned and ask them
5 about the text, what is reading part with to write the meaning
their opinion, how magnetic letters on a of the words.
much they have metal surface.
understood it, do they
have something to
conclude or to add?
Introducing new Word art: Vocabulary
words: In this lesson Using crayons, Making a revision
students learn to markers, glitter, and with the new
identify and say 5 other art materials, vocabulary learned,
different objects in the students spell out and Homework: inform
6 classroom. Students decorate words on the students to write
practice naming construction paper, some sentences with
things in their associating the the new words
classroom, play fun spelling of that word learned.
games and activities with artistic
and do a worksheet expression.
activity.
Reading Activity Revision
Read four different Write the word under Making different
texts about the the pictures. exercises by going
7
seasons. Give students through the learned
Discuss with them different pictures that words once again.
about which season explain the condition
do they like the most? of the weather and ask
them to write the
season under the
picture. And then talk
about that season.
Vocabulary Flashcards Exercises
Talking about feelings Giving the words Making different
 and emotions learned to them with exercises with the
8 Target Vocab: happy, flashcards and asking students with the
sad, hungry, angry, them to react when vocabulary learned.
scared, sleepy, sunny, they will see what is Playing different
rainy, lunchtime, eat, written there. sounds and ask them
yummy, noisy, to guess what word it
stormy, bedtime, is.
sleep, and good night.

Dictation Going through the Revision

I will read a simple dictation text that Making different
text and ask them to students have done to exercises by going
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write it. see where they are through the learned
and if they have words once again.
written the words
correctly.
Adjectives Activity Reading:
(describing people) Target Vocab: tall, Practice reading along
Students learn new short, long hair, short with an audio book
adjectives, practice hair, brown eyes, blue which will improve
10 describing themselves eyes, blonde hair, speed and fluency.
and others, and do a black hair, s/he is
listening activity, play great.
fun games and do a Asking students to
class survey. describe one of their
friends and then read
it out loud.
Comparing Things Activity Exercises
(Comparative Target Vocab: Making different
Adjectives) tall/taller, exercises with the
In this lesson, students short/shorter, students with the
practice using long/longer, comparative
common adjectives to fast/faster, adjectives learned.
describe objects and slow/slower, Ask students to
11 then make heavy/heavier, compare different
comparisons using big/bigger, and things that are in
comparative small/smaller. class.
adjectives. They play Ask students to
comparison games compare thinks in
and complete a class like; chairs,
comparisons board, table etc. and
worksheet. making exercises.

Comparing Things Activity Revision

(Superlative Target Vocab: tallest, Making different
Adjectives) shortest, longest, exercises by going
 In this lesson, students fastest, slowest, through the learned
practice comparing 3 heaviest, biggest, adjectives once again.
or more things using smallest, newest,
superlative adjectives. oldest, highest,
They play a youngest, cheapest,
12 superlatives game, do beautiful, colorful,
a fun class survey and delicious, expensive,
read an interesting best, worst.
text about world Ask students to write
records. some sentences with
the new adjectives
and then read them
together.
Reading and Preparing for the Revision
listening exam Revising for the test
Provide students with Preparing students by with the students and
some papers that have introducing multiple helping them.
a text music and ask choice question and
them to sing together open ended questions
13 with the song played for the final exam.
on, in order to
improve their
listening and reading.
Complementing the
students.
Final Exam After Exam Final class
The timing is Going through the Discussion about the
considered, in case of answers of the test, classes, what they
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need is extended. correcting the have learned and ask
mistakes with the if they are happy with
students, and grade their grades.
them.

After every week meeting with parents to tell them what are the student’s strength
and weaknesses in order that parents to work with that weakness. And to tell the
parents about the success that students reach every week.