Tales2go Grades9-12SummerListening 1
SummerListeningPacketGrades9-12
DearParentsandGuardians,Yourchild’sschoolhasasubscriptiontoTales2go,anaward-winningkids'mobileaudiobookservicewiththousandsoftitlestochoosefrom.
Thebenefitsoflisteningtoaudiobooksincludeenhancedvocabulary,fluencyandlisteningskills.Studiesshowthatwhenalisteningcomponentisaddedtoreadinginstruction,studentachievementincreasesmeasurably.Studentsareabletolistenatahigherlevelwithouthavingtodecodeeachwordonapage,andtheyhearmodeledfluent,expressivereading.
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You’llfindtitlesandactivitiesinthenextfewpagestoencouragesummerlisteningandlearning.
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Tales2go Grades9-12SummerListening 2
ListenUp!
1. Logintoyourchild’sTales2goaccount(instructionsonpage1.)2. Fromthetopics/homepagefromyourdevice,click“SummerListening”
thenclick“Grades9-12Summer”
3. Findatitletolistentocheckitoffafteryoulisten.Trytolistentoallsuggestedtitlesthroughoutthesummer.
4. Findasuggestedactivitytocomplete,orjusthaveyourchilddrawpicturesofwhattheyarelisteningto.
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Tales2go Grades9-12SummerListening 3
SuggestedTitles
o ALittleCloudbyJamesJoyceo ATaleofTwoCitiesbyCharles
Dickenso AtlasShruggedbyAynRando BloodyJack(2):CurseoftheBlue
TattoobyL.A.Meyero BloodyJack(5):MississippiJackby
L.A.Meyero DavidCopperfieldbyCharles
Dickenso DrawingLessonsbyTracyMacko FlippedbyWendelinVanDraaneno FlowersforAlgernonbyDaniel
Keyeso GeminibyRudyardKipling
o GlowbyJessicaMariaTuccellio GracebyJamesJoyceo GrassforHisPillow(Book2:Tales
oftheOtori)byLianHearno GreatExpectationsbyCharles
Dickenso HeavenbyAngelaJohnsono HowTheyCroaked:TheAwfulEnds
oftheAwfullyFamousbyGeorgiaBragg
o InsideOutandBackAgainbyThanhhaLai
o JaneEyrebyCharlotteBronteo KER-PLOPbyTedReynoldso LittleWomenbyLouisaMayAlcotto OfMiceandMenbyJohnSteinbecko OnWhaleIslandbyDanielHays
o PerfectedbyGirlsbyAlfredC.Martino
o PrideandPrejudicebyJaneAusteno TheCuriousIncidentoftheDogin
theNightTimebyMarkHaddono TheFountainheadbyAynRando TheGunsofAugustbyBarbaraW.
Tuchmano Mockingjay(Book3ofTheHunger
Games)bySuzanneCollinso TheModelMillionairebyOscar
Wildeo TheOneSafePlacebyTania
Unswortho TheScarletLetterbyNathaniel
Hawthorneo TheStrangeCaseofDr.Jekylland
Mr.HydebyRobertLouisStevenson
o TheSummerofLettingGobyGaePolisner
o TheTimeTraveler’sWifebyAudreyNiffenegger
o UlyssesbyJamesJoyceo UnderMilkWoodbyDylanThomaso WhatISawandHowILiedbyJudy
Blundello WutheringHeightsbyEmily
Bronte
Tales2go Grades9-12SummerListening 4
Activities
o Drawpictureswhilelistening-onapieceofpaper,whiteboard,oremptycomicstrip
o Createaplay/skitafterlisteningandperformitforfamilyandfriendso Makecharactersoutofplay-dohorclayo Writeastorybasedonthecharactersinthetexto Usetherecordingfeatureonyourphoneorcomputertorecordanoriginal
audiobooko Bakeorcooksomethingwhileorafterlisteningbasedonthestoryo Listentotitlesinthecaronaroadtripo Keeptrackofvocabularywordsandwhattheymean
2graphicorganizersareattachedtothispacket.Findallgraphicorganizershere:https://www.tales2go.com/category/lesson-plans/graphic-organizers/Exampleofacomicstripforvisualizing:
Tales2go Grades9-12SummerListening 5
Word What I think it means Picture Dictionary Definition
Tales2go Grades9-12SummerListening 6
Exposition
Solution
FallingAction
Climax
RisingAction
