English Lesson Plan

Weather Broadcasting
Grade Level: 6th and 7th grade
Duration: 40 min
Objectives

Following this activity students will be able to:

Be able to speak of weather in a conversation.
Create full sentences that show they are able to tell others
about the weather.
Work in a group setting to create a conversation with their
peers.
Visual comprehension of picture to words.

Materials

Interactive e-Board/projector
Word bank (weather)
Pictures of weather forecasts
Prepared final assessment

Procedure

Introduction quiz
True/False based verbal quiz
Students should stand if it is true, and stay seated if it is false.
Esto es una pizza.
Esto es un cat.
This is a pen.
You play soccer.
You are at school.
Students divided into groups based on English skills.
If the student stood 4-5 times, they should meet on the left side
of the room.
If the student stood 2-3 times, they should meet in the middle of
the room.
If the student stood 0-1 times, they should meet on the right
side of the room.
Group practice
Students are divided into 5 groups of about 4 students per
group.
Groups are divided based off of English skills, the groups
should have a mix of various skill levels.
Each group will be given a different weather report to present,
e.g. snow, sunny, rainy, etc.
Students will have 10 minutes to prepare, and 30 seconds to 1
minute to present using the e-Board.

Assessments

California State Standards

Participation Assessment PointsStudents should write in their writing journals about the
experience of performing the skits.
Standards CoveredRetell Familiar stories and participate in short conversations by
using appropriate gestures, expressions, and illustrative
objects.

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Independently use common social greetings and simple

repetitive phrases (e.g. Good morning ___).
Prepare and deliver short oral presentations.

A. Lesson Plan
Overview of Lesson:
The objective of this lesson plan is to first get the kids grouped into similar ability levels. After
forming the group, have the kids create a skit/broadcast of the different types of weather. Each
member of the group should speak and create a 1 to 2 minute skit. After they perform their skits,
we will asses their learning off of an activity sheet created.
Description of Learners:
78% Hispanic and 33% English Language Learner

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6th and 7th grade

Low to moderately low English skill, grow up in Spanish speaking homes
Learning Objectives:
Be able to speak of weather in a conversation.
Create full sentences that show they are able to tell others about the weather.
Work in a group setting to create a conversation with their peers.
Visual comprehension of picture to words.
Standards:
Retell Familiar stories and participate in short conversations by using appropriate gestures,
expressions, and illustrative objects.
Independently use common social greetings and simple repetitive phrases (e.g. Good morning
___).
Prepare and deliver short oral presentations.
Required Materials
In lesson plan
Procedures
In lesson plan
Assessment
In lesson plan
Reference Materials
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/englangdevstnd.pdf

B. Journal Articles APA Format

1.
August, D., & Shanahan, T. (2007). DEVELOPING LITERACY IN SECOND-LANGUAGE
LEARNERS: REPORT OF THE NATIONAL LITERACY PANEL ON LANGUAGE-MINORITY
CHILDREN AND YOUTH. University of British Columbia, 116-120. Retrieved from
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?
type=1&fid=1662780&jid=SLA&volumeId=30&issueId=01&aid=1662776&bodyId=&membership
Number=&societyETOCSession=
This Article talked about the External Factors that comes along with English as a Second
language. The National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth was a panel
that included United State expert on this particular topic. The panel is researching effective ways
for learners to learn in the classroom and for the teachers become effective teachers to ESL
students. They spoke of topics such as Second Language development, curriculum and
instructions, assessment and methodology. Their focus was to develop a curriculum that was
best for these students.

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Dickey, R. (1997). Second Language Acquisition. Rod Ellis. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1997., 49-54. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?
doi=10.1.1.46.5294&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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This article spoke more of the teacher aspect of have English Second Language students in
their classrooms. In Korean they researched a book that was created to be a helpful tool for the
teachers. There has been a book created that is helpful to both students and teachers that are
dealing with English Second Language. The book is described as a brief survey that the
teachers can give to their students to see the level of ability they are at. The text focuses on the
grammar ability of a student. This is based off of Korean teachers and students, but the idea is
the same. They are teaching English to kids who do not fully understand the English language.