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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 4, 5, 6 |
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| Subject: | ESL/ELL (English Language Learning) |
| Topic: | Genres |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 45 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
This lesson is intended to reinforce the language and vocabulary needed to discuss the genre of a text. Use this lesson as an informal assessment to determine the knowledge and features of genres.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should have some knowledge of different genres before starting this lesson.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
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Read and discuss the sample comic.
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How is each genre different?
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Provide students with examples of books in a variety of genres. Have partners look through the books and try to sort them based on similar features.
What will students do?
- Have students make a comic that shows their understanding of three different genres.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have each group present their comic to the class.
- Display these comics in the library to reinforce the idea of genres.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
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Provide sentence frames and visuals as needed.
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Provide a visual for students to remember the features of a genre.
Related Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic.
- Adapt this lesson to meet the needs of each student’s language proficiency level. Utilize appropriate sentence frames as needed.
Solar System
Fairytale
The Diary Of Anne Frank
The Giver
M.C. Higgins The Great
The Great Fire
