SIOP Lesson Plan Template 3

STANDARDS: WIDA THEME: Holidays/Celebrating/Family Gatherings LESSON TOPIC: Discuss a current holiday and various ways Americans celebrate it OBJECTIVES: Content:
Students will discuss the im ortance o! holidays to culture and tradition and a "nowledge o! American celebrations to their own bac"grounds ly new

#anguage:
Students will develo and ractice vocabulary associated with holidays in general$ as well as !amily gatherings and celebrations% In addition students will be e& osed to ast tense structure and integrate its use into their resentations to tal" about the history o! their !avorite holiday as well as to describe a articular celebration they en'oyed in the ast (re orted s eech)%

KEY VOCABULARY: Content *ocabulary:

Celebrated$ +n'oyed$ Decorated$ Favorite$ Honored

Cross,Curricular *ocabulary:

-radition$ Annual$ Costume$ .arty$ Industry

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS: .ictures o! Halloween costume e&am les and uni/uely

carved um "ins$ *ideo cli !rom Mean Girls, Halloween candy to share with the class$ 0ini whiteboards and mar"ers$ Holiday realia !rom students HOTS: HIGHER ORDER THINKING QUESTIONS AND TASKS: Create a short story about your !avorite holiday in your country based on the tem late o! Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, Students will evaluate classmates1 holiday resentations

MOTIVATION:

(Building background and explicit links to past learning) Holidays ha en all over the world in every culture$ and they1re something eo le en'oy$ no matter what age they are% A lesson on holidays can be valuable in honoring the culture o! each students1 home country$ it can be easily and readily ada ted to any age grou or ro!iciency level$ and it is li"ely to come with a high level o! motivation on the art o! students because they will all have had e& eriences with holidays$ and will all have a ersonal holiday or celebration story to share%

LESSON SEQUENCE:

( anguage and content ob!ecti"es, comprehensible input, strategies, interaction, #eedback) 2b'ectives will be written on the board: Content ob'ectives 3 4Students will discuss the im ortance o! holidays to culture and tradition and a ly new "nowledge o! American celebrations to their own bac"grounds56 #anguage ob'ectives 3 4Students will develo and ractice vocabulary associated with holidays in general$ as well as !amily gatherings and
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celebrations% In addition students will be e& osed to ast tense structure and integrate its use into their resentations to tal" about the history o! their !avorite holiday as well as to describe a articular celebration they en'oyed in the ast (re orted s eech)%6 -eacher will read the ob'ectives aloud to students and as" i! they "now any +nglish words associated with holidays or celebrations% (< min) -eacher will e& lain "ey vocabulary and have students write the words as entries in their ersonal dictionaries% She will in!orm them that they will be !illing out vocabulary s/uares using these words during the ne&t class eriod$ so they need to ma"e sure they ta"e notes during the lecture to understand how the words a ly to holidays% (:9 min/:< total) -eacher will begin the lecture ortion by introducing Halloween and e& laining the tra'ectory o! the holiday$ !rom the ancient All Hallow1s +ve to current !un and !right!ul celebration% Students will ta"e notes using Cornell noteta"ing strategies during the lecture ortion o! the lesson (: min/:= total) -eacher will tal" about traditions and annual events associated with Halloween (e%g%) 3 -ric",or,treating: Including sa!ety issues and alternatives 3 and ass around a bag o! candy (; min/:> total) Costumes and costume arties: Including o ular costume choices and variety in costumes among age grou s (= min/8< total) .um "in Carving 3 and show ictures o! uni/uely carved um "ins using a smartboard or ro'ector (? min/;8 total) -eacher will review "ey oints out loud with students as a whole class grou 5 ensure that they !ocus on three rimary com onents o! holidays: history$ tradition$ and o ular celebrations (; min/;< total) -eacher will as" students to s end three minutes thin"ing o! their !avorite holiday in their home country$ as well as one articular celebration that is very memorable to them% At the end o! the three minutes$ they will get with their elbow artners to share about their e& erience 3 < minutes each (:; minutes/@A total) As the students share and discuss$ the teacher will ass out mini white boards and mar"ers% 2n the white boards$ each student should write one thing they learned about their classmate1s !avorite holiday% I! it is a holiday the artner was already !amiliar with$ it can sim ly be something they learned about that erson1s re!erences (8 min/<9 total) As she wal"s around she can monitor students1 use o! the ast tense structure as well as their ability to use tradition$ celebration$ and history in their stories about the holidays in their home countries% -eacher will review the conce ts o! the "ey vocabulary words and ensure that every student "nows how to use them when tal"ing about holidays% She will ass out co ies o! Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and assign it as reading homewor"% She will tell students to 'ot down three laces they see history$ tradition$ and celebration in the story% (: lace !or each "ey conce t) (A min/<A total) -eacher will do a last chec" !or understanding to ma"e sure no students have /uestions$ then bid them goodbye (8 min/=9 total)

PRACTICE AND APPLICATION: MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES (Meaning#ul acti"ities, interaction, strategies, practice and application, #eedback)

Belating the "ey conce ts to a current American holiday not only hel s students gras them on a content level and build their vocabularies$ it also hel s acclimate them to the culture where they1re studying and give them communicative com etence when discussing that holiday with native s ea"ers% As"ing students about their !avorite holidays and celebrations in their home country builds bac"ground$ solidi!ies conce ts$ and honors their native cultural heritage% It gives students a
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chance to learn about other cultures and e& erience things they wouldn1t otherwise be e& osed to%

REVIEW/ASSESSMENT: ($e"iew ob!ecti"es and "ocabular%, assess learning)

White board !ormative assessment 3 chec" !or understanding% Cy as"ing the students to write a com onent o! their artner1s holiday on the white board and hold it u !or the teacher to see$ she can evaluate how well they are gras ing the conce ts o! tradition$ history$ and celebration% #istening !ormative assessment 3 -eacher re!lection/evaluation% Cy listening to students1 use o! the ast tense language structure$ the teacher can monitor students1 rogress

WRAP-UP: (Go o"er content and language ob!ecti"es& closure o# lesson)

Double,chec" that students understand each o! the vocabulary words and can use them e!!ectively$ review conce ts o! celebration$ history$ and tradition$ and as" students to each say one sentence about the lesson they 'ust !inished using the ast tense language structure%
(Be roduction o! this material is restricted to use with +chevarria$ *ogt$ and Short$ 89:;% Making Content Comprehensible #or 'nglish earners( )he *I+P, Model-) DDD-his lesson includes writing: Students will ta"e notes and identi!y im ortant as ects o! a holiday celebration !rom a lecture about Halloween5 in addition students will write a short story about their !avorite holiday !or homewor"$ based on the tem late o! Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (this will be com leted !or homewor") DDD-his lesson includes listening: Students will demonstrate active listening s"ills during their classmates1 resentations o! individual holidays and celebrations DDD-his lesson includes s ea"ing: Students will e&hibit good s ea"ing s"ills and utiliEe their vocabulary "nowledge !or holiday/celebration/!amily gathering words during their resentations$ in which they describe a !avorite holiday or celebration that they have in their home country DDD-his lesson assigns reading homewor" o! a o ular American children1s boo" to give students ractice reading$ identi!ying "ey com onents o! a holiday story$ and ada ting their writing to !it a !ormat DDDConte&t: A ull,out +S# classroom in a charter school in Colorado5 students grades >,:85 ? students 3 < boys and 8 girls DDD#evel o! .ro!iciency: #evel ;,@ #+. students 3 i%e% low,intermediate learners with limited +nglish ro!iciency5 eligible !or !ederal +S# services

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