Thursday, January 14, 2016

#8 Third Competition for Teacher Generated Materials / National Symbols / Grade 8

Third Competition for Teacher Generated Materials / National Symbols / Grade 8


Overall Objectives: Students will develop awareness about symbols and will be able to describe the national symbol Alaska’s flag, using the past simple.

Language Objective: Students will review past simple(affirmative, negative, question, regular and  irregular verbs.)

Civic Education Objective: Students will learn a concept about symbols and will learn about and then describe Alaska’s flag.

Curriculum Connection: Basic Intermediate

Class Context and Needs: Secondary students

Materials: A brief history about Alaska’s flag, handouts ,photos board, papers, markers, mini white boards, glue, pens, computer, projector.

Activities: Warm up ,mind map, reading, writing, speaking, matching, shearing.

Assessment: Write sentences  about Alaska’s flag by using the past simple.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bwxnhP1keY


Overall Objective: Students will develop awareness of symbols and will be able to describe a national symbol Alaska’s flag, using the past simple.

Language Objective: Students will review past simple(affirmative, negative, question, regular and irregular verbs)

Civic Objective: students will learn about and describe Alaska’s flag.
Stage of Lesson
Activity
Time
Warm Up1



Warm up 2
 Students find tree pieces of paper (handout1, handout2,handout3) in the classroom and they find in pairs  connection  between these three pieces of paper. Teacher explains again what a symbol is.
 Teacher draws a mind map and asks students to name words and phrases which are connected with the past simple and write on the MWB individually and they speak about past simple tense.
3min




3min
Activity 1

Teacher introduces that the topic of the lesson is a flag of  Alaska   and asks question what they know about Alaska and then shows them a slide show which includes short information about Alaska.
5min
Activity 2

Teacher gives them a big blue board with infinitive and past simple forms of verbs on it and they have 8 stars. They must find in pairs both forms of the verbs and mark with the stars.  They must create themselves the flag of Alaska. At last a teacher shows them a flag of Alaska and they compare is their flag similar to Alaska’s flag  or not. Teacher shows them a picture of Benny Benson with his flag.(Alaska001)

5min
Activity 3

Students read a history about Alaska’s flag individually and put the verbs in brackets in the past simple. Then they check each other’s work.
6-7min
Activity 4

Teacher gives them small pieces of stickers with words on it to make 6 questions in the past simple about the text. They work in pairs and one of them presents  the question and other student answers this question then they change the roles.
6-7min
Activity 5

Students make individually 5 sentences in the past simple about what they find out about Alaska’s flag and  they write also one question in the past simple  which they have about this topic.    
10min

Assessment
Students present their sentences on the board and a teacher asses their work according  Rubric for Assessment Activity at the end of the lesson.
5min




Handout 1

Books, desk, pen, pencil, schoolbag, poster……….

TV, chair, table, bad, sofa, bath……….

Flag, church, food, animals, statue,buildings…..

Handout 2

Symbols

Handout 3

Home
Country
School








Put the verbs in brackets  in the  past simple:

                             An  Alaska  kid  who  made  History

Before 1927,Alaska (not have)…………………… a flag. At the time Alaska (be)…………… still a territory, meaning that the federal government controlled Alaska. Alaskans (have)……….. only the U.S. flag. But in 1926, Territorial Governor George Parks (think)………………. Having a flag would help Alaska (become)……………….. a state. He (persuade)…………………….... the Alaska American Legion to hold a contest open to all Alaska’s children grades 7- 12 to design Alaska’s new flag. One of the students participating in the contest (be)……………….. thirteen years old Benny Benson.
Benny Benson (be)……………..born in Chignik, a small fishing village on the south shore of the Alaska Peninsula. When Benny was 3 years old, his mother (die)………………..from pneumonia and not long after this the family’s house (burn)……………….down in a fire. His father (send)……….. Benny and his brother and sister to an orphanage in Seward.  Benny was a seventh-grader when he (enter)……………….his flag design. From his little desk, Benny (create)…………….a scene of flag – the seven stars of the Big Dipper and the guiding light of the north star. Benny (explain)…………………. The scene for the judges:”The blue field is for the Alaska sky and the forget-me-not, an Alaska flower. The North star is for the future of Alaska. This dipper is for Great Bear- symbolizing strength.”
             Benny’s flag (win)…………. And he was awarded a watch and a $ 1,000 educational scholarship, which he (use)………….. to study diesel mechanics. Benny’s flag became the official state flag and Alaskans (fly)……………….the flag for the first time on July 9.1927. Benny Benson was a kid who (make)………………… his mark on history



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