Curriculum Area: English language art writing about vacation Curricular (Supplementary/Simplify/Alternative?)
- Using simpler words for the question prompt with illustrations. - Key words list that could help the students write better. - Songs or video clips that describes the holiday where the student could learn some words and use it in the writing. Website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZe1ur sVvl8 - Inviting parents so the student feels comfortable and confident. Instructional (Instructional structure or imput/student response or output: Difficulty/amount; modality; format/materials?) Introduction: - At the beginning of the lesson, I will talk about the vacation that we passed by and I will help the student brainstorm the importance of the vacation in general and I will assist them in thinking about the most important events in their vacation. Body: 1. After showing a short clip about my vacation, the places I went for and activities I participated in, the student will take the chance to share their vacation with their peers verbally. 2. The student will be asked to write about the important aspects in her vacation (place they went to, the time they went there , reasons behind going to that place, activities took place there ) 3. The student will have a sheet that includes the question prompt and a list of the words that can be used to describe her spring vacation and the events happened at that time, as well as URL for a song about vacations. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZe1ursVvl8) 4. The student will go to the computer lab and follow the URL and listen to the song for so she can get the words and write them down. 5. The student will go back to the classroom where she will be writing a short paragraph using the listed Ecological (Where, When Who?)
- The lesson will take place in the classroom and in the computer lab. - During the lesson time. - The mother can attend the lesson, so she can make her daughter feel comfortable and confident. words and the words she found from the song. Closure: - The students will gather on the carpet and specify new things they learnt today. Adapted from Janney, R., & Snell, M.E. (2000). Modifying schoolwork. Baltimore: Paul Brookes Publishing.
Resources: - Band R. (2013). Vacation Fun! - Educational Video for Children Mini Episode. Retrieved 15-May-2014 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZe1ursVvl8