Grade Level: Multi-grade (6-8)

Curriculum Area/ Theme/Unit: Communication

Lesson Plan: Different ways to communicate
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are the different ways to communicate?
Materials:
Power point Presentation
(Provide more visuals to aid in comprehension as well as
keeping statements on my power point brief and straight to the
point without exceeding into long sentences so that my student
will understand the lesson better).
Puzzle
Grouping:
Whole class
Groups of two
Standards:
Lesson Objectives:
Students Will:
Be able to distinguish the different type of ways to communicate
Be able to distinguish between the different types of communication
Learn effective communication
Have a general overview of various communication concepts
Understand the meaning of each form of communication
Activities/Strategies:
(A simple journal entry that will require simple notes, bullet
points, or drawings and brief statements regarding the meaning
of communication and what in their opinion do they think are
the different ways to communicate).
As a whole class have students put a puzzle together without speaking
(This activity will help my ELL student get a better
understanding of the class discussion on communicating by
using non-verbal skills and the ability to point at objects to put
a puzzle together).

Individually, have students come up with a story to tell without using words, while
having the other students try and guess.
Have students use argumentation in order to help in their discussion about
the different types of communication and how these types of
communication can be effective in our lives through a class discussion.
Have students fill out an Argument Discussion Web.

Assessment Options:
Asses students as they complete the duration of the communication games
Asses students as they participate in the communication activities

Learners Description:
This ELL student is in stage 2, the low intermediate stage. The strategies that I
have selected will support my ELL student because being that my student is in
the low intermediate stage, small and non-verbal activities like my puzzle activity
will be easy enough for this student to complete and understand being that there
will be no speaking being done only gestures and the use of body language to
put the right piece into place. This student will also be able to contribute to my
role-playing game, which is another non-verbal activity that can be done using
only body language, gestures and pointing. This student can also fill out a
discussion web on the topic regarding different ways to communicate being that
they can write simple notes and phrases and can pick out the main idea and
certain details in passages when reading. Lastly I plan to provide visuals in my
power point presentation to help aid my ELL student in comprehending the class
discussion better. By doing this I aim to give my student a better understanding of
the topic just in case they do not fully understand the context on the power point.