Submitted by Lisa Marie

Objectives:

Content:
Students will...

Cultural:
Students will...

Language: Content Obligatory
Students will...

Language: Content Compatible
Students will...

Learning Strategies / Social and Skills Development:
Students will...

Time Frame:

50 minutes

Materials Needed:

journals

bubble maps from previous day

Description of Assessment (Performance Project):

Review the walls power point

Review bubble map before moving on to activity 1

 

Purpose

Journal: journal about the country and the wall they have chosen to research

 

Activity 1: All questions listed on the bubble map are revisited and the common question words what, where, when, and why are pointed out in students' example questions/teacher's transparency. Say, “What words do you see that many of your questions have in common? (Wh- question words are highlighted in questions). These are typical words that questions begin with. When you begin your class projects later, I want you to use the strategy we have practiced today for preparing information questions about your topic. Remember these typical question words we have found in our sample questions today, and you can use those words to help you make questions. What are those words again? Let's repeat them together (students repeat wh- question words together). So, if we are going to do a study on Puerto Rico, what questions would we want answering about this country?” Class elicits possible questions using strategy practiced in lesson and using wh-questions words to formulate questions.

Following the procedure from day one, the teacher explains WHAT strategy the class is going to study today, and WHY they are studying this. For example, the teacher says, “In today's lesson you are going to learn how to prepare questions before you begin researching your topic. This strategy is called formulating questions for information needs. When you formulate questions, you decide which questions you want to ask and prepare questions about the topic you are going to study. This will help you identify and organize the information you need to find for your project. By learning how to prepare questions about your topic before you begin your investigation, you will find it easier to know what information to look for.”

Activity 2: Students are asked HOW they would begin to formulate pre-reading questions regarding the  lifestyles of the Mayans during a focused study on ancient civilizations of Latin America. The steps for completing a bubble map are modeled with student/teacher think-alouds. Students note main theme, topic areas and research questions on the graphic organizer (bubble map or KWL). Students use the questions they generated and wrote on the graphic organizer to find information about the Mayans in a sample expository text about the Mayan culture which is provided by the teacher

Assessment:

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journal

bubble maps

References and Resources:

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question formulation website

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A Lesson from the CoBaLTT Project
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Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition
University of Minnesota