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Key:SW=studentswill;TW=teacherwill;HOTS=higherorderthinkingskills
LessonSequenceTheme/CENTRALFOCUS:
BlackHistory
Lesson#2Topic:
HarrietTubman
ESL/ELAand/orCONTENTSTANDARDS(includetextandnumber):
1.NYSSSStandard1,KeyIdea3:Gatherandorganizeinformationabouttheimportantaccomplishmentsofindividualsandgroups
KEYVOCABULARY:
abolitionist,North,South,HarrietTubman,UndergroundRailroad,freedom,
fugitive,runaway,free,nurse,cook,chef
SupplementaryMATERIALS/Visuals:
LANGUAGEFUNCTIONS=HOTS:
Retell,describe,interpret,andsummarize
Linktotextthatwasmodifiedforjigsawactivityfor
students
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html(a
copyofthemodifiedtextisattachedtomaterials)
LANGUAGESTRUCTURE:Chooseone
1. GrammarStructure:awarenessofprepositionsusedwithtime:inandon
YoutubeanimatedvideoaboutHarrietTubman(about
4minuteslong)https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=NQ_gRFYgXMo
North/SouthmapoftheUnitedStatesshowingslave
statesandfreestatespreCivilWar
Coloredpencils,crayons,markersandlargedrawing
paper.
LANGUAGESUPPORTStohelpssgraspKeyVocab.andLang.Structure:
picturesandotherimages,actout,L1,pointoutcognates,sentenceframes
BuildingBackground(ConnectionstoPriorKnowledgeandPastLearning):StudentshavebeenintroducedtothetopicofslaveryintheUnited
States.StudentswatchanimatedvideoaboutHarrietTubman.
ContentOBJECTIVES
SWobserveavideoaboutHarrietTubman.
SWfindimportantpointsofreading.
SWdeterminewhatinformationisimportant
inordertowriteasummaryoftheirsectionof
reading.
Procedures/LessonScript
SswatchananimatedvideoaboutHarrietTubman.
Tasksstudentstopointouttermstheyalready
knowfromapreviouslesson.(i.e.,Tubmanwasa
slave,black,livedintheSouth,etc.)
SsviewamapoftheNorthandSouthstatestosee
whereTubmanwasbornandwheresheescapedto.
Ssworkingroupsofthreetoreadasectionofa
textonHarrietTubman.
Review/AssessmentofContentand
LanguageObjectives
Ingroupsofthree,Sswriteasummaryoftheir
partofthereadinganddrawapicture
depictingwhattheywrote.
Inorder,groupsorallypresenttheirpartof
readingtotherestoftheclassasstudents
listen.
Rubrictoassessmeetingobjectives
Tcirculatestoanswerquestionsandclarify
anythingtheSsdonotunderstandoragreeon.
Sshelpeachothertounderstandreading.Ssuse
L1,bilingualdictionaries,etc.
LanguageOBJECTIVES
Ssdrawapicturedepictinggroupssectionof
reading.
SWsummarizeinwritingtheirpartofthe
reading.
SWdrawapicturedepictinginformationfrom
thereading.
SWretelltheirsectionofreadingtoclassin
order.
Sswriteasummaryofwhattheyreadunderthe
picture.
Tchecksforaccuracyandhelpswithcorrections.
Groupspresenttheirsummariesinorderaccording
tothetext.
MODIFICATIONSspecialneedslearnerswithIEP/504plans;differentlevelsoflanguageproficiency;SIFE/LTELL;studentswhostruggle
withreadinginL1;gifted;etc.
Studentswithspecificlearningneeds
LTELLs,SIFE,limitedL1literacy
students
Modification
Textswillbemodifiedforcomprehension,Swillworkinagroupand
haveaccesstoabilingualdictionary;SswilluseL1toexplaintoeach
otherandforclarificationfromT.
Childwith504orIEP
GiveSacopyofthenotes;giveextendedtimetocompleteassessments;
readdirectionsandcheckforunderstanding.