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** Comprehension through Podcasts **

GRADE: Third Grade

SUBJECT: Language Arts

OBJECTIVE(S): Students will listen to a Podcast of their choice and answer questions, demonstrating their listening comprehension.

DIRECTIONS: 1. Select and listen to the Podcast of your choice below. 2. After listening to the Podcast respond to the questions in the Student Response section.



PODCASTS:

2. What happened to Cinderella's mother? 3. What is the main problem in the story? 4. What items did the Fairy Godmother use to help Cinderella go to the ball? 5. What happens after midnight? 6. What do you think a headdress is? 7. What time is eleven and three-quarters? <span style="color: #ff00c7; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">8. How long did the ball last? <span style="color: #ff00c7; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">9. How did the prince find Cinderella? <span style="color: #ff00c7; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">10. Would you forgive the sisters? Why or why not? || <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">1. Who are the main characters in the story? <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">2. Who is the narrator of the story? <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">3. How does he describe himself? <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">4. What does it mean to take the silver medal? <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">5. What is the tortoise described as looking like? <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">6. What does hibernate mean? <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">7. How long can a tortoise live? <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">8. What did the hare say was the tortoise's top speed? <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">9. Who won the race? <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">10. What lesson can you learn from this story? || <span style="color: #071cbb; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">1. Who are the main characters in the story? <span style="color: #071cbb; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">2. Who is the narrator of the story? <span style="color: #071cbb; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">3. What was his job? <span style="color: #071cbb; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">4. What would he rather be doing? <span style="color: #071cbb; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">5. Who was the boy to be watching for? <span style="color: #071cbb; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">6. What did the boy do to the villagers? <span style="color: #071cbb; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">7. How did the villagers react? <span style="color: #071cbb; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">8. What was the boy's second trick? <span style="color: #071cbb; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">9. What happened when the wolf arrived? <span style="color: #071cbb; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">10. What lesson can you learn from this story? ||
 * Cinderella || The Tortoise and the Hare || The Boy Who Cried Wolf ||
 * [[image:Cinderella01-480x295.jpg width="316" height="196" link="http://hw.libsyn.com/p/7/9/8/798384c497fcef42/cinderella.mp3?sid=465720a93d21f3cf33b6b4ccf3ccdf14&l_sid=17954&l_eid=&l_mid=1402008"]] || ﻿[[image:01-the-hare-lr-160x200.jpg link="http://hw.libsyn.com/p/3/c/8/3c81865b4a9ac39a/haretortoise.mp3?sid=a166fbeda5d368a2f02ab2ffe11af2e7&l_sid=17954&l_eid=&l_mid=1402338"]] || [[image:cry-wolf.jpg link="http://hw.libsyn.com/p/8/a/c/8ac420718b82a5d1/storynory-boy-who-cried-wolf.mp3?sid=23fa1d2d27d6845deba3631dab1cd04d&l_sid=17954&l_eid=&l_mid=1402562"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #ff00c7; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">1. Who are the main characters in the story?

<span style="color: #ff5500; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">BENEFITS OF USING PODCASTS: <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">**Through the use of podcasting, this lesson plan will appeal to the auditory and visual learners. Students can review the podcast to help reinforce the materials or review details of the story if they missed a detail. Podcasts used in the fashion of storytelling can help elicit feelings and allow the students to use their imagination as they listen to the story.**

<span style="color: #ff5500; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 37px;">ASSESSMENT: **Students will demonstrate a proficient understanding of the story with 8 or more responses correct. If students do not demonstrate proficiency, they will repeat the activity with a different podcast.**

<span style="color: #ff5500; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">STUDENT RESPONSES:

<span style="color: #ff5500; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 190%;">include component="comments" page="STUDENT RESPONSES" limit="25" <span style="color: #ff5500; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">DIRECTIONS: <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Finished early? Listen to the more Podcast Stories at <span style="color: #00b7ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">[|http://storynory.com]