Universidad de la SabanaMaster’s Degree in TESOL for Self-directed Learning

Clara Marcela Niño RosasNovember, 2011

1. Be able to talk about a few abilities that dogs can do for people.

2. Make difference between true and false conclusions about a text.

3. Be able to choose the best option to explain certain parts of a text.

4. Guess some word meanings from context.

5. Be able to write one or two paragraphs about working dogs.

Dogs are marvelous pets. Do you have one? They will run with us, watch the telly, play the ball, or sleep; they even perceive when we are happy, upset or sick… There are special people with special dogs that will make best friends. How can dogs help humans, do you think?

You will read an article about one of these wonderful animals which has made best friends with a woman. After you finish the reading task, answer the questions related to it.

Let’s revise some related vocabulary first.

Raise your hand!

Quiet!

Cash Teller

These dogs are learning how to help people.

They have a trainer or handler.

“I have polio, and I have a major case. So at this point I have very very

little movement.” For Lee Ann Laraway, polio has placed almost everything in

her life just out of the reach1 of her hands.

But what her hands can't touch, her assistant2 can. Meet Jeannie, a

three-year-old Labrador, who has become Lee Ann's arms and legs. "She is

playful, she is loveable, she is slightly brilliant," Laraway said. Jeannie

understands no fewer than3 72 commands. To understand what that means,

Lee Ann takes me on a shopping trip in San Jose, California. First stop: The

bank, where the dog got cash from the teller. From the bank, we go on to the

drug store, where Jeannie got a chocolate bar for Lee Ann. Then Jeannie

helped pay the cashier, and got change back4 for her friend, who is waiting

in her wheel chair. "When you have a really good working animal, they come

and interact with you all the time," Lee Ann said.

Jeannie is an extraordinary animal, but she wasn't born that way. She received

training here at a dog-training center, the Canine Companions for Independence,

where handlers work with especially selected labrador and golden retrievers for hours

every day -- but not every dog will work as they want.

"We train four different types of dogs here," said Ken Kirsh.

"Hearing dogs, service dogs, companion dogs, and facility dogs."

The work is serious business. In the case of hearing dogs, the

animals alert5 their disabled owners to everything from ringing

telephones to doorbells. "When you think of all the things you

have in your hands during the day, if you don't physically have the

ability to pick something from the floor, just think about how a

dog would change your life," says Ken.

Other dogs will work with severely6 disabled patients like eight-year-old Noah

Habib of Mountain View, California, who communicates with a special computer.

“I like it when new people come up to ask me about my dog," he says. "People are

really interested in the dog and will come over and ask to pet her, and ask to play

with her, and ask about what she does, and these are people who come to visit

Noah, and I’m happy he has made friends this way," says his Dad.

And back in San Jose, Lee Ann is arriving home with Jeannie and her

groceries. With just one more thing to do -- opening Lee Ann’s front door.

"You can train a dog to do a lot of things," said Lee Ann. "You cannot give

them the heart to do the job, and that is what a good working dog has.”

Adapted from:

http://literacyworks.org/learningresources/2_working_dog_folder/lr_

working_dogs_home.html

Please, give answers to the exercises that come in the next six slides; then check exercises A, B, and C with the Answer Key; finally, count your correct answers and complete the feedback and the self-assessment sections.

1. Jeannie can get Lee Ann a chocolate bar, but she can´t

get the change.

2. All dogs trained in the dog training center are good

workers.

3. Ken works for the dog training center.

4. The dog trainers work with the dogs four hours a day.

5. A dog like Jeannie can understand more than 70

orders.

6. The center trains dogs in four different types of

activities.

7. A trained dog can change a disabled person’s life.

1. What disease does Lee Ann suffer from?a. paralysisb. disabledc. polio

2. Why is Jeannie so important for Lee Anne?a. Jeannie is her best friend.b. She’s her arms and legs.c. She gives her good company.

3. Who is “me” in: “Lee Ann takes me on a shopping trip in San Jose, California”?

a. Jeannieb. Lee Annc. The article writer

4. Which three places did Lee Anne and her dog visit today?

a. Bank, drug store, and grocery.b. Bank, drug store and dog training center.c. Bank, drug store and Noah Habib’s.

5. Why is Noah Habib’s father happy with his son’s dog?a. Many people come to see their dog.b. His son has advanced thanks to his dog.c. Noah has made many new friends.

6. How does Noah communicate?a. Through his dog.b. Through his computer.c. Through his father.

7. Why do people first arrive to Noah’s house?a. To visit Noah.b. To look at Noah’s dog.c. To see what the dog can do.

8. What makes a good working dog?a. Good training.b. Good spirits to do the job.c. Being a golden retriever.

1. Polio has placed almost everything in her life just out of the reach of her hands.

2. What her hands can't touch, her assistant can.

3. Jeannie understands no fewer than 72 commands.

4. Jeannie helped pay the cashier, and got change back for her friend.

5. The animals alert their disabled owners to everything from ringing telephones to doorbells.

6. Other dogs will work with severely disabled patients like eight-year-old Noah Habib.

D. What do you think about working dogs? How do you feel about them? Would you like to have one…, a companion labrador, perhaps? What abilities you would like it to have? Brainstorm your ideas on a piece of paper and then write a 100-word paragraph in which you state them.

Polio

Wheel chair

Command

Cashier

Cash

Teller

Working dogs

Disabled

Training center

Labradors

Golden retrievers

Pet (verb)

EXERCISE A

1. FALSE. Jeannie can do both things for Lee Ann.

2. FALSE. Not every dog works as the trainers want.

3. TRUE.

4. FALSE. They work with the dogs for hours every day.

5. TRUE.

6. TRUE.

7. TRUE.

EXERCISE B1. C

2. B

3. C

4. A

5. C

6. B

7. C

8. B

EXERCISE C

1. Very difficult to get or obtain.

2. Helper.

3. More than…

4. Received money when the amount given to pay was larger than the price to be paid.

5. To advise or warn.

6. Extremely.

There are 21 questions in exercises A, B, and C. Count your correct answers, and give 1 point for each one.

19-21: Well done. You’ve understood the text, paid attention to instructions, and can begin another reading task.

15-18: You’ve lost important aspects of the text; it is necessary that you give a quick view across the intro-

duction, giving special attention to the new words, read the text and review the answers so that you can proceed to another reading task.

0-15: You’ve lost most information from the text. You need to start the activity from the beginning, take notes of the vocabulary, spare a dictionary at hand, and take up the task altogether.

∲ Animal names: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/Animalbabies.shtml

∲ For Kids Toronto, collection of articles: http://www.toronto4kids.com/Kids/Kids-and-Pets.html

∲ Therapeutic benefits of pets: http://www.helpguide.org/life/pets.htm

∲ Dogs only, stories: http://www.petsplace.co.za/SMS.htm

∲ ESL Readings exercises about pets: http://www.eslflow.com/Petandanimallessons.html

∲ A lot of interactive exercises in vocabulary, stories, and games: http://www.michellehenry.fr/anim2.htm

I paid careful attention to the introduction of the lesson and objectives

I wrote down the vocabulary instructed at the beginning of the reading lesson.

I read the text carefully paying attention to the details and highlights.

I did all the exercises carefully . I checked the results of exercises A, B, and C. If I got fewer than 19 points, I reviewed the task as indicated I completed the self-assessment section. I looked for more information about animals on the web pages

provided. NOW I CAN move on to other reading tasks .

http://www.slideshare.net/ClaraNino/pre-intermediate-reading-working-dogs

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