Preparing functor lessons for the Gudschinsky instructional program

Preparing functor lessons for the Gudschinsky instructional program

Introduction

The functor lessons in the Gudschinsky instructional program are designed to teach grammatical elements. These lessons differ from the lessons which teach new letters because the elements themselves require a context to be meaningful. Often a functor can be taught in the same lesson with a new letter.

Tip:

This module is based on three books:

A manual of literacy for preliterate peoples by Sarah Gudschinsky
Literacy primers The Gudschinsky method by Ernest Lee
A Workshop guide for primer construction by Katharine Barnwell

Because the last book is an external document, each link to it opens a PDF file using the Acrobat Reader program and displays the first page of the book. You can jump to a specific location in the book by using the appropriate bookmark in the outline window.

See:

Navigating in external PDF documents with Acrobat Reader

Prerequisites

Here is a prerequisite for preparing functor lessons for the Gudschinsky instructional program:

You need to complete the preparatory steps in planning a Gudschinsky primer.

See:
Preparing a primer for the Gudschinsky instructional program

Things to do

Here are the things to do when you prepare functor lessons for the Gudschinsky instructional program:

Prepare a key sentence or short sequence of sentences to provide context for the functor that you're teaching.
Prepare drills for teaching the functor.

See:
Step 8 (Barnwell)
Prepare a writing exercise.

See:
Reading a new grammatical form (functor or struct... (Lee)

Sample: Primer pages
	Here are some sample primer pages from the Gudschinsky instructional program:
	Gudschinsky primer page sample

Sources
	Literacy primers The Gudschinsky method
	A manual of literacy for preliterate peoples
	A workshop guide for primer construction

Context for this page:

Task module: Preparing functor lessons for the Gudschinsky inst...
In task module: Planning primer lessons for the Gudschinsky instru..., by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
In task module: Preparing a primer for the Gudschinsky instruction..., by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
In task module: Developing primers, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
In task module: Developing materials to teach reading and writing
In task module: Developing instructional materials, by Trudy K. Stewart, Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt (contributor)
In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 22 October 1999