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By Zach Patrick-Riley, CASLS Fellow

Objective: Students will demonstrate the ability to work with in a text in multiple modalities.

Mode: Interpretive

Materials needed:

• Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss in multiple modalities:
  • YouTube link that has audio, closed captioning, and great visuals  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa-0yJXFeKk
  • Hard Copy of the Book: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22566274958&searchurl=tn%3Doh%2Bthe%2Bplaces%2Byoull%2Bgo%26sortby%3D17
  • The book can also be downloaded to a Kindle or other electronic reader.
• Oh, the Places You'll Go! worksheet with questions for students to answer 

Procedure:

1. Pre-teach any vocabulary you think will help students' comprehension by giving them key words and having them sort the words by what they know and do no not know. The key to making this lesson work for students is allowing them to interact with the material in a way that works for them. They can sort the words physically, work alone or with a group, use a list to color code, or sort them aurally, for example.
2. Ask students what they know about Dr. Seuss. Tell them you will read one of his most famous books, Oh, the Places You'll Go!
3. Inform students they can choose what modality they would like to work with: YouTube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa-0yJXFeKk), the hard copy text, or Kindle.
4. Students work with the text in one of the modalities by completing the worksheet.
5. After students finish, divide the class into small groups and have them discuss their thoughts on the question as well as if they could relate to any parts of the book.
6. Continue group work, students discuss the question, What places would you like to go?

Notes/Modifications:

• You can make copies of the pages of the book if it is a large class.
• You can spend more time on the vocabulary.