Subject: ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins
Topic: Declarative Sentences
Grade Level: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Standards / Framework:
Brief Description: Students will read an informational text and practice using declarative statements to provide objective, factual information.
Know Before You Start: You will need to copy one or more informational articles for students to read and highlight during this activity. Use this lesson to help students develop a neutral and objective stance while writing.
Hook:
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Share three statements with the class: a question, an exclamation, and a declarative fact.
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How are these three statements different?
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Which simply tells a fact?
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Read and discuss the sample comic. Explain that a declarative statement provides information or facts and ends with a period.
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Have students highlight declarative sentences in an informational article. Remind them that declarative sentences tell facts in a neutral and objective manner.
Activity:
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Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a comic depicting declarative sentences.
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Panel 1: Explain what a declarative sentence is.
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Panels 2-4: In speech bubbles or captions, write three declarative statements based on the informational article read in class.
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Closure:
- Have students practice reading their declarative statements with a partner, or in a small group.
Differentiation:
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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Allow students to work with a peer model as needed.
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Provide sentence starters as needed.
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Allow students to expand their comic by creating more panels while providing new facts on the same topic.
Resources:
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Comic to print or display: Comic.
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Provide informational articles at students’ independent reading levels.
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