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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 4, 5 |
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| Subject: | ESL/ELL (English Language Learning) |
| Topic: | Concrete Nouns and Problem Solving |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 40 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will define and provide examples of nouns, identify various objects, and use appropriate nouns while writing to bring clarity to the audience.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should understand that concrete nouns are defined as a person, place, or thing. Students should have experience replacing nouns with the correct pronouns.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- 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.
What will students do?
- 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.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have students share their comic with a partner or group.
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.
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Allow students to work in pairs.
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Provide sentence stems as needed.
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Provide the opportunity to role play the comics.
Mall
National Parks
Beach
Suggested Story Starters:
