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This Nature Walk: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2) unit plan also includes:
Walking in nature is the theme of a unit designed to support English language development lessons. Scholars look, write, speak, and move to explore topics such as camping, woodland animals, instruments, bodies of water, things found at a park, and community helpers. While discovering topics, class members play games, read and write high frequency words, draw and label pictures, review reading comprehension strategies, categorize, make models, and write a paragraph. Moreover, pupils gain support in using compound words, concepts webs, antonyms, words that show position, bar graphs, and multiple meaning words, as well as how to write different types of sentences and add more detail to their writing.
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Concepts
camping, academic vocabulary, reading poetry, murals, the night sky, cvc words, long vowels, vowels, webs, high frequency words, reading comprehension, the long /a/ sound, the long /o/ sound, the long /e/ sound, the long /u/ sound, the long /i/ sound, categorization, categorizing words, instruments, reading comprehension strategies, compound words, bodies of water, statements and questions, complete sentences, one-syllable words, multisyllabic words, consonants, consonant blends, antonyms, community helpers, ponds, rules, main ideas, details, paragraph writing, declarative sentences, imperative sentences, interrogative sentences, types of sentences, positional words, prepositions, double consonants, weather types, the /r/ sound, the /l/ sound, the /s/ sound, pets, bar graphs, multiple meaning words, fruit, exclamatory sentences, exclamation points, question marks, periods
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Instructional Ideas
- Prompt learners to bring in pictures of camping, or search images and books to bring real-world examples to the lesson
- Invite a park ranger or camping enthusiast to speak to the class about his or her adventures
- If a specific grade at your school attends a camping field trip, ask the teachers and/or class members to speak to your scholars about their experience
Classroom Considerations
- The unit of ESL lessons was designed as part of the Houghton Mifflin English language arts curriculum, but you can implement the unit on its own or along with another curriculum of similar nature
- Curriculum-specific materials are not provided, but learners can complete the lessons with modifications
Pros
- Multi-level response suggestions are provided to meet the needs of all learners
- Language transfer support is available for specific language challenges
- Lessons encourage pupils to respond in both English and their primary language
Cons
- None