Integrated skills-based Activity—-Weiwei
- Target learner population
Class Grade: Grade 6, Aged from 11-12 years old
Number: 3 boys and 5 girls
Level: on/ above level
Situation: They are all English Language Learners.
William tends to lose focus sometimes
Heterogeneous grouping
Three boys can't be in the same group; they will not share ideas, don't care about group honours, and they would like to mess it up for fun.
Students can use the iPads in the classroom.
- Target language skill
Topic: Who is the Car Thief?
Students will understand the case through reading materials
Students will play police officers and residents, asking or answering questions about the case
Students will organize case clues to form case analysis charts
The students will hold a press conference to report the results of the investigation and restore the truth of the case
Reading Skill: Scanning & Skimming
Grammar Skill: Simple Past tense
Listening Skill: Understand police questions and civilian’s answers for clues
Speaking Skill: Answer questions about the past tense, communicate with police and civilians, and be able to use the past tense to explain cases
Critical thinking: Use clues to sort through information and form case logic to find the car thief
- Sequence of events
1. Lead in
Using animation to let students know that there is a car thief in Animal City, animation can also stimulate students' interests
2. Background
Give students case information (a small reading) and guide students to quickly scan and find relevant clues
Review the main grammatical points of the past tense, did, and the past conjugation of verbs
3. Group up
Using the small program turntable, let students have the number
For example, teachers can specify 1-3 as police leaders, 4-6 as team members, and 7-8 as civilians
(I would trick the students into identifying themselves according to the numbers they drew so that all three boys would not be in the same group.)
4. Intra-group discussion and investigation
Three police chiefs receive iPads
The group leader led the group members to sort out the investigation problems (the teacher walked around to observe and remind them to use the past tense)
Students can conduct investigations according to their identities, ask questions about civilians, and search for relevant information on the Internet, such as words needed for the investigation
Group members discuss and organize information to form a report chart for each group
5. Press conference
Two civilians served as moderators to introduce the background information of the conference
Three team leaders led the police to make investigation reports, find the car thief and explain the reasons for combing the case
(The case process reminds students to use the past tense)
- Supporting materials
Whiteboard.
Role ID cards.
Case background reading material.
Ipads
Selection applet (Online)
Post Paper
Discrete Skill Activity - Mariana Cabrera Mendez
- Target learner population
Class grade: Kindergarten
Number: 4 boys, 2 girls
Level: below, on, and at level.
Situation: two boys are English language learners, and the rest of the class are English native speakers.
Kindergarten Common Core Standards
SL.K.2. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
SL.K.5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
WIDA Standard
ELD-SI.K-3.Narrate: Students will connect stories with images and representations to add meaning.
- Target language skill
Activity: Listen and draw a story
Listening skill: Understand the story listened.
- Sequence of events
1- Introduce “The Little Red Hen” to the class.
2.-Explain vocabulary and connect with real-life experiences.
3.-Read the first page of the class and stop.
4.-Model how to listen and draw on the whiteboard to the students.
5.-Continue reading the story, and make 2 to 3 pauses. In each pause ask students to draw what they hear.
6.-Students show their drawings to the class.
7.-Students compare their drawings with the book scene.
- Supporting materials
The Little Red Hen book
Whiteboards
Markers
Whiteboard eraser
References
Anonymous. (n.d.). Kindergarten Speaking and Listening Standards. https://www.corecommonstandards.com/kindergarten-standards/english-language-arts-standards/kindergarten-speaking-and-listening-standards/
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Cox, S. (n.d.). Improve your English grammar and punctuation. Publishingtrainingcentre.co.uk. Retrieved January 14, 2024, from https://www.publishingtrainingcentre.co.uk/improve-your-english-grammar-and-punctuation?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAqY6tBhAtEiwAHeRopTJCrTJap3veVI3jFWoX5teX9UMl-pgMtk5gNZ4DfUpcxG00IcoYtBoCDnwQAvD_BwE
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