21 Listening to Others

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Write One Student Handbook

Start-Up Activity

Read pages 76–77 in the handbook. Then play a listening game by first reviewing “Using Capital Letters” on page 128. As a class, list the names of people and places. Next, ask volunteers to listen closely to your directions and follow them exactly:

Hop to the list and touch the name of a friend.
Touch the door, walk to the list, and touch the name of a place.
Crawl to the list and touch the name of a place you would like to visit.
Dance to the list and shout a place you don't want to visit.
Clap your hands three times and call out a name from the list.

Enrichment Activity: Have a group of students form a line. Whisper a sentence to the first student. Have that student whisper it to the next student and so on. Compare the last version of the sentence with the original one.

Think About It

“Hearing is much easier than listening.”

State Standards Covered in This Chapter

LAFS Covered in This Chapter

LAFS.1.SL.1.3

76-77

LAFS.1.SL.2.4

76-77

TEKS Covered in This Chapter

110.3.b.1

76-77
76-77
76-77
76-77

110.3.b.1.A

76-77

110.3.b.1.B

76-77

TEKS Covered in This Chapter

76-77
76-77
76-77
76-77
76-77
76-77
76-77

Page 76-77 from Write One Student Handbook

Lesson Plan

Play a game to demonstrate the importance of listening closely and speaking clearly:

Ask for two volunteers to come to the front of the class and sit facing each other on opposite sides of a desk. Give each student an identical set of blocks or paper shapes. Tell one student, "You will use what is in front of you to make a shape, and you will tell your partner how to make the same shape." Tell the other student, "You are trying to make the same shape as your partner, you can ask questions to make sure you get it right." Have the two students work while the rest of the class observes. Afterward, check out how well the two shapes match. Then lead a discussion about some of the important things that the listener and speaker did to make sure that they understood each other. (Many should be the same as those listed on page 77.)
Have two new volunteers come to the front of the class, but this time they sit back to back, each with a different desk and the matching blocks or shapes. Run the game again, but this time the two cannot look at each other or at the shapes they are making as they work. Afterward, check how well the shapes match. Lead a discussion about some of the problems this group had in communicating. Review what listeners can do to make sure they understand, and what speakers can do to make sure they are understood.
Make a list of the important things that listeners should do to make sure that they understand. Display the list in a prominent spot in your room and refer back to it anytime students are needing to listen closely.

State Standard Reference:

LAFS Standard:

LAFS.1.SL.1.1

TEKS Standard:

110.3.b.1

NE ELA Standard:

LA 1.3.1.a, LA 1.3.3.e