Phoenix Elementary Lesson Plan Teacher: D. Ortiz Date: 3.08.

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Discrete Skills Inventory Class: Population Description: Time Frame:
Parts of Speech Grammar Skills th
4 -6th Writing SEI Classroom 3 class periods
Standards Link (circle one) Basic/Intermediate
Action Verbs
Theme: Friendship and Caring
Frontloading: What do students need to know to do this lesson?

Preparation
AZ ELL Proficiency Standards: AZ State Content Standards:
ELL III Intermediate: Writing 4th/5th Strand 2: Writing Elements
Standard English Conventions Concept 4: Word Choice
6. Identify and use, with some errors, nouns, verbs, personal PO 1: Use a variety of specific and accurate words that effectively
pronouns and adjectives in simple sentences. convey the intended message.
Concept 6: Conventions
PO 12: Use the following parts of speech correctly in simple
sentences: action verbs.
Language Objectives: Content Objectives:
All students will demonstrate application of writing a descriptive All students will be able to identify action verbs in writing. All
paragraph. All students will read their paragraph with fluency, students will write a description of a picture using action verbs.
appropriate rhythm and expression orally to a partner.

*Key Vocabulary: Learning Strategies: Materials: Higher Order Questions:

(Lexicon) picture files SMART Board lesson "Action Can you list three other action
coolibah trees, pelt, exults, round table Verbs" verbs for the word run?
streak, scarcely cooperative groups charts for round table activity
charades “Fox” by Margaret Wild
Highlighters

Comprehensible Input: What things do I need to consider to be understood by my students?

Instruction: To include listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking

Building Background: Links to Experience & Learning: Building Background: Key Vocabulary Activities:
SMART Board Pages 2-4 SMART Board Page 5
• Show picture of action to students. Students write a sentence • In groups have students look up one of the key vocabulary words.
 about the action in the picture.
• After each picture have volunteers share their sentence and record
them on the SMART Board page with the picture.
• Review sentences for each picture, discuss with students if certain
sentences are better than others and why.
“Presentation: Lesson Delivery: (Modeling)
• Talk with students about how when you write you are trying to
create a picture for the reader. Based on the action verbs you use
in your writing the reader will get a different picture. Model with
a book.
• Demonstrate with one of the pictures from pages 2-4. Share a new
sentence using a descriptive action verb and ask students if it
changes the picture.
SMART Board Page 6
• Read through excerpt from "Fox" by Margaret Wild
• Have volunteers highlight verbs from the excerpt.
• Discuss each verb and the image it creates in your mind. Ask
students what a weaker verb choice would be for each one to
demonstrate the stronger verb.
• Each group then presents their word to the class giving a
definition and picture representation.
Practice/Application: Activities: (Guided Practice)
• Divide students into groups for a round table activity.
• Give each group a poster with a common verb at the top.
• The group's task is to brainstorm, through the round table,
additional verbs.
• After 1 minute, have the groups switch posters and repeat the
process.
• After all groups have added to each poster, post them where
students can see and play charades.
• Have one volunteer come up and act out one of the strong verbs
while the other students guess.

Review and Assessment

SMART Board Page 7
• Have students roll the die to determine which picture they will write about.
• Have students write about their picture using precise verbs. They can use verbs from the posters created during the round table activity.

*Vocabulary Instruction:
Phonology: Students will pronounce sounds of words.
Morphology: Students will be able to recognize morphemes, or parts within a word.
Syntax: Students will be able to know the word functions in the sentence.
Semantics: Students will know the various meanings of the word; traditional, vernacular and slang as
well as synonyms, antonyms and homonyms.
Pragmatics: Students will use words appropriate in social context.