Submitted by Shannon DeLozier-Yee Yick

Objectives:

Content:
Students will...

• identify and distinguish between the physical and human features of a place
• describe a place in terms of its physical features, including land formations, climate, vegetation as well as human characteristics in a paragraph format

 

Cultural:
Students will...

Language: Content Obligatory
Students will...

• use "hay" to
• use proper adjective/noun agreement to write descriptive paragraphs about physical and human characteristics of St. Paul

 

Language: Content Compatible
Students will...

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

Time Frame:

4-45 minute periods

Materials Needed:

• digital camera
• paper to creat chart of physical and human characteristics

Description of Assessment (Performance Project):

Preview Phase

Part I

Whole group

• Driving question for lesson:  What makes Saint Paul special/different? (Que es lo que hace que Saint Paul sea diferente?)
• Brainstorm list of physical and human charactertistics of Saint Paul
• Teacher explains that class will be taking a bus tour of Saint Paul with the goal of locating and identifying distinguishing physical and human characteristics of the city.
• Each student creates a chart for Saint Paul Bus Tour

Part II

Focused Learning Phase

• Students participate in Saint Paul bus tour and work together to locate both physical and human characteristics of Saint Paul. They write their findings on charts.
• While on tour students take pictures with digital camera of good examples of both physical and human characteristics including St. Paul landmarks.

Part III & IV

Expanded Learning Phase

• After tour, students use the information/photos they collected to write descriptive paragraphs about Saint Paul. The paragraph will include both physical and human features that make Saint Paul unique.
• Students will use writing process to plan, write, revise, edit and publish their paragraphs.
• Finished products and digital photos will be placed on a bulleting board in the classroom.

 

Assessment:

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