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    Subject: ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)

    Lesson Length: 30 - 40 mins

    Topic: Concrete Nouns and Problem Solving

    Grade Level: 4, 5

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students will define and provide examples of nouns, identify various objects, and use appropriate nouns while writing to bring clarity to the audience.

    Know Before You Start: Students should understand that concrete nouns are defined as a person, place, or thing. Students should have experience replacing nouns with the correct pronouns.

    Hook:

    • What are some common nouns around us?
    • Have students work to list as many concrete nouns as they can and group them by person, place, or thing.

    Activity:

    • Have students choose a noun from each category and circle it, e.g., person=girl, place=park, thing=phone.
    • Show students the sample comic and explain that every good story has a problem.
    • Have students brainstorm potential problems that could arise between their chosen nouns. Provide examples as needed.
    • Have students create a comic that includes a problem. Students should name the nouns within their comic and replace the noun with the correct pronoun when needed.

    Closure:

    • Have students share their comic with a partner or group.

    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.

    • Provide sentence stems as needed.

    • Provide the opportunity to role play the comics.

    Resources:

    • Comic to print or display: Comic.

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