Subject: ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
Lesson Length: 15 - 20 min
Topic: Expression, Instruction, Science, Energy
Brief Description: Students will show two objects interacting and explain the transfer of energy through illustrations and captions.
Know Before You Start: Students should be familiar with at least one type of energy.
Hook:
- Ask students:
- “What are some examples of energy?”
- “How can we show what energy is?”
- “Why is it important to be able to communicate about science?”
Activity:
- As a class, have students discuss forms of energy based on their grade level understanding, e.g., heat, light, kinetic, potential, etc.
- Have students discuss different ways to illustrate energy.
- As a class or in small groups, create a comic that shows energy, so students have an example.
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a comic illustrating a form of energy of their choice.
Closure:
- Have students share their comics with the class or in small groups.
- Have students explain why they chose that form of energy.
- Discuss why science vocabulary like energy is important.
- Emphasize that understanding science vocabulary helps for future science classes and also for understanding how scientific topics apply to real life.
Differentiation:
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to choose the form of energy they wish to share to allow for grade-level differences.
- Allow students to use digital dictionaries/translators as appropriate for your class policy.
Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic.
- Main Idea Web
- Concept Map
- iSL Collective Energy Worksheets
Suggested Content Packs:
The Laboratory
Energy
