SIOP Lesson Plan: Communication Lesson 4

Teacher’s Name Ms. Waugh		School Fuller Middle School
Class 6th grade ESL		Date September 2011
Topic High Point: Unit 1 Communication Theme 1: Messages that Matter Theme 1 Lesson 3		Standard(s) 6.SL.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups and teacher led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. 6.SL.2 Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (eg. visually, quantitavely, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text or issue under study.
Language Objectives (see Assessment) Students will be able to... -Pronounce new vocabuary words -Describe orally what they visualize while listening to poetry		Instructional Content Objectives (see Assessment) Students will be able to... -Define new vocabulary words -Use the visualize reading strategy to guide comprehension
Higher-Order Questions Is a poem a good way to communicate? How does visualizing help us comprehend a poem?
Adaptations and Accommodations
Key Vocabulary attention concentrate creativity experience inspired inventive memory motive routine		Resources and Materials (Including Supplementary and Adapted) High Point Text Book T-chart Practice book p. 3 How to Visualize Transparency 2
Learning Strategies		Predict, imagine with keywords, personalize/contextualize, use imagery
Time	Building Background
	Links to Student Background and Experience Make a T-chart with a + heading and a - heading. Record students' ideas about how poems communicate effectively in the + column and how poems do not communicate effectively in the - column.
	Developing/Reviewing Key Vocabulary Learn Key Vocabulary: Introduce each key word 1. Pronounce the word 2. Define the word 3. Encourage elaboration 4. Assess students' understanding Practice book page 3
	Links Between Past Learning and New Learning Have students complete the vocabulary webs on page 14 to relate the words to concepts they already know.
Time	Lesson Sequence
	Guided practice: Learn to Visualize Define visualize. Read the steps for how to visualize. Complete the transparency activity as guided practice. Model through think-aloud how to visualize the poem and complete the chart. If time remains, have the students complete their own charts, or assign as homework.
Time	Assessment/Close
	Ask students to defend orally why it is important to visualize as you read.
Time	Homework
	How to Visualize worksheet.