Literacy Enhanced Lessions

We've looked at Ferguson's Fettuccine Recipe in another post. The Do Now exercise is a vocabulary-matching task, next, there is a language grid and then a Gantt chart. The language grid helps students understand the structure of a procedural text and procedural sentences. It helps students become aware that procedure statements begin with an instructional or action verb. It is also worth explaining that the word order is the opposite of most sentences in the English language. Ferguson is also asking the students to notice the modal adjunct or modifiers used in written instructions. When students fill in the grid, it forces them to vary their reading speed as they find the relevant information.

Another way in which students are encouraged to reread the text is through the Gantt chart. The Gantt chart is a structured overview, a hierarchical graphic. Again students need to reread the text with a specific goal in mind. They must vary their reading speed as they decide the order of each task. Best of all, the students are encouraged to visualise each task as they match the steps to the time chart. The process of visualising is helped by the addition of sequenced images that match the instructions dice, brown, boil, and serve.