Making Connections
Each lesson helps struggling readers by offering key vocabulary definitions and practice, presenting information in a series of short, easy-to-manage screens and providing ample opportunities to practice comprehension and writing. But students are not likely to focus on any of these components. Instead, they are more likely to come away thinking about the content of the lessons, the questions they are asked about that content, and how the themes of the lessons relate to their own lives.
Learning English
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Pause/Play video playback |
| Enter | Pause/Play video playback |
| m | Mute/Unmute video volume |
| Up and Down arrows | Increase and decrease volume by 10% |
| Right and Left arrows | Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds |
| 0-9 | Fast seek to x% of the video. |
| f | Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key. |
| c | Press c to toggle captions on or off |
This media asset was adapted from the PBS series In the Mix: "Teen Immigrants."
For example, the lessons “American Stories: Teens and Immigration” and “Character Conflict: Language Immersion” will likely resonate with students who are immigrants, the children of immigrants, or who attend school with students with these experiences. These lessons share stories of immigrant students and get students thinking about their own experiences with fitting in, worrying about losing their native identities, or dealing with separated families. Teachers or facilitators can talk about these experiences with students one-on-one or in small groups.
Click on the left to watch a video from the "American Stories: Teens and Immigration" lesson.
Write down two questions that would ask students to connect the video to their own lives.
