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Building Vocabulary: English Language Arts -- ORIGINAL LESSON PLAN
Cinderella Video: Mystery Words (Context Clues) and Flashcard Exercise
ELLs of similar language proficiency
Lesson Plan Using SIOP Elements
Materials needed:
Key Vocabulary
White board
Laptop with video projection
Supplies (pencils, paper, props)
Handouts (Vocabulary worksheet, 1 for each student)
Picture book
Context clues presentation
Magnifying glasses for students
Flashcards with visuals of pictures and vocab words for students to use to reinforce terms
"rags" "scour" "mattress" "slipper," "fairy," "ball," "coach"
Anticipatory Set: (Motivation and Building Background; Activating prior knowledge; making connections to cultures of students; Cognitive Learning Strategy setting a purpose for reading)
Role play: wear detective hat and bring magnifying class to create excitement over "finding" the meaning of words using context clues.
Teacher will ask students if there is a similar story in their own culture that is like Cinderella and thus make a cultural tie-in. Teacher will also use flashcards to promote active visualization of words along with reinforcement of vocabulary. Teacher will show a picture of the object and the student will have to say the corresponding vocabulary word. Students will be give flashcards to test themselves in groups to promote active learning.
The purpose of the reading will be reinforced by allowing students to write their own story and tell their own variation on the Cinderella theme, using vocabulary words from the lesson.
Standard(s): Common Core and TESOL
Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts that focus on:
• Reading
• Speaking
• Language
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking
• Language
This Lesson will focus on the following:
Reading Standards for Literature
1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
2. Determine a theme...
Describe in depth a
character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.
5. Compare and
contrast the
treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.*
6. Read and comprehend literature in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Speaking & Listening Standards
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts.
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Language Standards
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Please note: The groundwork for meeting the above standards will include having students analyze the
structure of the fairytale as presented in the video, story book and exercises.
TESOL Goals and Standards Goal 1, Standard 2: To use English to communicate in social settings: Students will use English to participate in social interactions. Goal 2, Standard 2: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use English to obtain, process, construct and provide subject matter information in spoken and written form.
Lesson Objective(s):
Content and Language Objectives
Build upon ELL's first-language knowledge skills and utilize these skills to improve English language proficiency. Vocabulary development though interactive exercises. The lesson is based upon a picture book of Cinderella.
Students will also build upon language objectives…
