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    At a Glance

    Grades:4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Subject:ELA (English Language Arts); ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
    Topic:Descriptive Writing, Adjectives, Travel
    Lesson Length:30 - 45 mins

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description

    What will students learn in this activity?

    Students design a comic brochure about a destination and notice language patterns used to describe a specific place.

    Know Before You Start

    What should students know before this activity?

    This lesson is intended to allow students to practice using adjectives when speaking and writing.

    Hook

    How can teachers introduce this lesson?

    • Read and discuss the sample comic.
      • What does the character use to describe Hawaii?
      • What place in the world would you like to visit? 
    • Point out that in English we use an adjective + the noun, e.g., tall buildings, busy city, warm weather, sandy beaches. 
    • Display images of several destinations from around the world. 
    • Have students turn and talk to describe the places they see in the pictures using the following prompts:
      • What might you expect to see here? 
      • What activities would people do?
      • What do you think the weather is like? 
    • Walk around to provide feedback on language structure. 
    • Reinforce the use of adjectives when describing a noun.

    Activity

    What will students do?

    • Tell students to pretend that a big-shot advertisement agency is looking for young writers to design a brochure to win a trip to a destination of your choice. 
    • Using the sample comic as a guide, have them create a comic brochure of their dream destination that includes information on weather, the location's geography, and recreational activities. 
    • Remind them to make their destination interesting by using plenty of adjectives, pictures, and convincing language to convince tourists to visit!  
    • Remind students that they can upload images of their destination to Pixton.

    Closure

    How can teachers wrap up the lesson?

    • Have students present their comics to the class or to a small group.

    Differentiation

    How can teachers differentiate this activity?

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
    • Adapt sentence frames to match student language level.
    • Print out comics and have students highlight the adjectives used.
    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

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    • Comic to print or display

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