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Subject: ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins
Topic: Genres
Brief Description: 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.
Know Before You Start: Students should have some knowledge of different genres before starting this lesson.
Hook:
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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.
Activity:
- Have students make a comic that shows their understanding of three different genres.
Closure:
- Have each group present their comic to the class.
- Display these comics in the library to reinforce the idea of genres.
Differentiation:
- 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.
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.
Make a comic about the Solar System
Make a comic about Fairytales
Make a comic about The Diary of Anne Frank
Make a comicThe Giver
Make a comic about M.C. Higgins, the Great
Make a comic about The Great Fire
