Embedded Files
Title of Project: How-To Book
Title of Project: How-To Book
How can we share something important to us with others?
How can we share something important to us with others?
Schools and Teachers
Schools and Teachers
Tuttle Avenue School Teacher: Deanna McCarthy Co-Teacher: Jennifer Murray
ENL Proficiency Level | ENL Program | Standards | Technology
ENL Proficiency Level | ENL Program | Standards | Technology
Emerging, Transitioning | Stand-Alone, Integrated ENL/ELA | 1W2, 1SL6 | Canva
Assessments
Assessments
Formative: Observations during planning, writing, and sharing. Use of graphic organizers and checklists for writing and speaking components.
Summative: Checklist to assess final product - recording of story and design of slide.
Description
Description
As a continuation of an ELA writing unit, students will write about something that they are “experts” in to create a how-to book. Using Canva, students will introduce their topic and share their tips for how to be experts in the topic of their choice.
Content
Content
I can write about a topic I am familiar with using new vocabulary and transition words.
Language
Language
I can share about a familiar topic by reading aloud and practicing my speaking.
Technology
Technology
I can use digital tools to share my story.
Student work
Student work
Procedure
Procedure
Introduction: Students will be led in a discussion about their interests and strengths. Students will be encouraged to identify something that is important to them and which they feel they are “experts” at.
Planning: Using graphic organizers and identifying topic specific vocabulary, students will identify the different components of a topic that would be important for their audience to know.
Writing: Using sentence starters and transition words, students will create a writing piece describing their area of expertise.
Creating: Students will use digital tools to record audio/video of their stories and design a slide to represent and reflect their topic.
Sharing/Closure: Students will present their story to one another and answer questions about their topics.
Resources and Other Materials
Resources and Other Materials
Reflection
Reflection
Students selected topics they were excited and knowledgeable about. This was beneficial to them to work on various language components while having background knowledge of their topic.
Page updated
Report abuse