Review of Background Knowledge and Vocabulary
📌 The review focused on recalling vocabulary words related to time and leisure, specifically "leisure" (an activity done for fun/relaxation) and "past" (something that happened already, like over a century ago).
🤔 Students discussed how the world has changed since "long ago" (over 100 years ago), noting that things like remote controls and TVs did not exist then.
🗣️ The concept of the past was reinforced as something that happened before the present, contrasting with the present and future.

Comparing Past and Present Through Visuals
🖼️ An initial picture walk compared a painting (representing the past) with a photograph taken with a camera (representing the present).
🎨 The past image showed a painting, indicating a time before modern photography, likely over a century ago based on clothing and lack of modern technology.
📷 The present picture showed modern elements like couches, board games, and photography, confirming it represents current life.
🔥 A key difference observed was in cooking methods: in the past, people used fire for cooking, which was deemed potentially dangerous, compared to modern stoves.

Story Notes and Concept Mapping
📝 Notes from the reading indicated that long ago, homes often had only one room where people ate and slept, contrasting with modern homes having many rooms.
🛒 Long ago, people had to plant their vegetables, whereas today they can easily purchase food from grocery stores like Walmart.
✍️ Students were prompted to make predictions about the story, focusing on differences between the past and present (e.g., housing, food sources).

Small Group Work and Future Tasks
🚗 Groups were assigned tasks comparing cars from the past versus the present by observing two different books and recording observations.
📖 Another task involved dictionary skills, looking up the words "past" and "future," defining them, and drawing what the future might look like (e.g., including robots or self-driving cars).
🏡 A comparison activity with the teacher involved using the textbook to contrast and compare life at home, noting that activities like cooking still exist but are easier in the present.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Students are actively learning to differentiate between past, present, and future using historical context and visual evidence.
➡️ A central theme is the evolution of daily life, specifically noting changes in housing (one room vs. many rooms) and food procurement (planting vs. grocery shopping).
➡️ The final actionable task is for students to form an opinion on whether they would prefer to live in the past or the present, providing two supporting reasons.
➡️ The instructional method heavily relies on active engagement techniques, including "picture walks," partner discussions, repeating key vocabulary, and using gestures while reading.

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