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All strategies will be research based and from one of Students: Practice and Application
the texts. Please provide reference for each. Note meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, practice
and application, feedback in each of the three areas below.
Teacher: Presentation/ Learning Activities (Strategy
Steps) 1. Students will gather in pairs and share what they
already know about books.
1. Assign students to sit in pairs and share what they 2. Students will come together to the front of the
already know about books. classroom in order to listen and engage with the novel.
2. Gather students to the front of the classroom and read 3. Students will follow the teachers gestures, visuals, and
them a story and tell them what is the correct way to demonstrations in order to understand the story.
hold a book, read it, the title, author, end etc., 4. Students will share what they read.
3. While reading the novel use gestures, visuals, and 5. Students will be introduced to the language
demonstrations to explain the story. development strategy, which is to follow instructions
4. After reading the novel ask students to share what they and create a foldable book.
read. 6. Students will be able to see the teacher model the
5. The teacher will introduce the foldable book activity, in essential strategy in order to help support them as they
which students will create their own book by the practice and apply the strategy in a meaning-based
modeling the teacher will provide to the students in context.
which they will follow.. 7. Students will gather around their group tables and
6. Modeled Talk Strategy begin their art project.
Students will be given the topic, foldable book 8. Students will practice how to model the instructions
Teacher will introduce the activity that the students presented and use English vocabulary to complete the
will create task.
Teacher will demonstrate each step as he/she talks 9. Students will be reminded on what to do at each of their
about it group tables since they have visuals to follow in case
they forget.
Teacher will post a visual with drawings and
10. Students will receive help from their teacher at the
demonstrate what to first, second, third, etc.
Writing Center by using interactive writing in order to
After the demonstration, the teacher refers to the
practice writing words describing their story.
visual and asks one of the students to tell her what 11. Students will share their completed their story inside
to do at each step. their foldable book with the class after they have
7. Have students gather around their group tables and gathered to share.
begin creating.
8. Each group table is carefully modeled and key English
vocabulary is taught and practiced. Collaborative (engagement with others)
9. Students will be reminded on what to do at each of 1. Collaborative Discussions in Class- Students will
their group tables since there are visuals available to discuss their background knowledge about their
remind them in case they forget. foldable book.
10. Teacher will be able to work with small groups of
students at the Writing Center using interactive writing Interpretative (comprehension and analysis of
to teach them how to write words describing family. written and spoken texts)
11. Students will be asked to gather and organize their 1. Comprehend Visual and Writing Skills- Students will
materials to complete the task of writing their story and comprehend how to write by using different methods,
share their completed family tree with the class. such as visuals to create their own foldable book.
2. Interpret Different Resources (Visuals)-Students will
Collaborative (engagement with others) interpret different information they have studied about
1. Collaborative Discussions in Class books and connect them to their own stories when
creating their own foldable book.
Interpretative (comprehension and analysis of
written and spoken texts)
1. Students will comprehend different writing skills Productive (creation of oral presentations and
when it comes to writing on their art project. written texts)
2. Students will interpret different resources (visuals) 1. Students will create their final activity project about
they have studied in class and connect it to their own their stories in a foldable book and share them with the
language development.
class.
Productive (creation of oral presentations and
written texts)
1. Students will follow verbal explanations and physical
demonstration of directions in order to create their final
book project, and share them with the class.
Review and Assessment: What specific assessment tools Student Reflection: How will you provide for student
are being used? reflection on learning?
ELD Objective
EL students may struggle to listen and comprehend After students verbally share what they have learned
the steps required for the activity, which contains throughout this activity, I will reflect on the responses by
academic domain specific language. In addition, answering the following questions:
words and definitions will still most likely be
challenging to a few EL students. 1. How did this lesson help students extend their
learning?
Content Objective 2. How did this lesson help students develop more of a
Students may struggle to correctly incorporate usage of language development toward their own learning?
their assigned vocabulary words and organize them into 3. What strategy/strategies helped them? Why?
their story, which are required for this activity. 4. What did they learn from this lesson?
5. What did they learn from other students
presentations?
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6. What did not work that you will change for next
lesson:
I think that for some students they will get lost
if they would get side tracked in the process of
the teacher teaching the lesson.