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Subject: ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins
Topic: Prefixes
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Standards / Framework:
Brief Description: Students will create a comic informing others how to figure out the meaning of a new word using prefixes.
Know Before You Start: Students should have a basic understanding of common prefixes, e.g., re, mis, dis, non, fore, bi, mid, centi.
Hook:
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Read and discuss the sample comic.
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Display several words that may be unfamiliar to your students, e.g., unhappy, reheat, misunderstand.
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Have groups of students determine the meaning of these words, e.g., "The prefix _____ means _____, so the word _____ means ________."
Activity:
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Assign students an unfamiliar word with a prefix.
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Have students create a comic that informs their reader how to determine the meaning of the unknown word using the prefix.
Closure:
- Have students share their comics with the whole class or in small groups.
- Display the comics in the classroom.
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 in pairs or groups as needed.
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Have students think of their own word with a prefix.
Resources: Comic to print or display: Comic 1.
Make a comic about Star Saga
Make a comic about Caves
Make a comic about Energy
Make a comic about the Hospital
Make a comic abouHotels and Motels
Make a comic about Schools of Magic
