Thursday, March 26, 2015

# 41: Competition for Teacher Generated Materials: Heroes / Grade 6






ELCE Module 3 :  National and historic heroes

Number of Students  : 30
Overall Objective :  Students will be able to analyze and describe a hero according to general ideas defining the characteristics of a hero.

Civic Education Objective:  Students will be able to answer questions about a US . folk hero.

 Curriculum Connection  :  

Lan guage Arts National Standards
Students read and listen  a wide range of print and non print texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment.
Class Context and Needs :
There are 30  students in the 6th grade and they are  11- 12  years old. They have been learning English for  four  years. There are no students of special needs, the class is mixed ability, though. Students don’t misbehave at the lesson, they are very motivated. 


Materials  : Handouts, poster, self-evaluation forms


Activities :
·       Describing picture
·       Putting the  mingles text into the correct order
·       Creating questions
·       Asking and answering questions
·       Completing Self-evaluation forms


Assessment : Self-evaluation forms

Stage of Lesson
Activity
Time
Warm Up
T. shows Ss.  a  poster and asks them to guess what is the story about.
 Ss. describe the picture and make predictions about story .
(Handout 1 )
5  min
Activity one
T. asks groups to create their own story using the  poster .

5 min

Activity  two
Groups read aloud their stories to the whole class.
5 min
Activity two

T.  gives each group  a text , which is cut and mingled.
Ss. read them and put into the correct order.
T. asks each group which is the first , second, third, fourth and fifth part.
Each groups reads one part.
(Handout 2  )

7  min
Activity two
T. tells  Ss. that they are going to write questions about the text in their groups and after finishing each group asks one question to another group. If the groups has a correct answer they get 1 point, if not another group answers .
Ss. use 5 W chart. (Handout 3)


15  min.
Assessment
Students compete self-ovulation form.
(Handout 4 )

5 min.
Homework
Ss. have to create their own hero and write a  story  him or her .
3 min.






Handout 1.


Handout 2



Handout 3
Handout 4
Name:__________________________             Date:________________________



1) I participated in the group activities.

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2) I listened to others

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3) I helped others in the group

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4) I stayed on the task assigned.

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5) I worked well with other group members.

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6) I did not dominate the group discussion.

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7) I answered the teacher’s questions

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With regard   to my participation, I was