8th Grade Lesson planning

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Past Continuous lesson

Materials

• Textbook: Reading Explorer 1: Travel Adventure: Alaska to Argentina

• PPT• Guided questions/Sentence Frames/Blank paper• Pictures• Video• Vocabulary Graphic Organizer• Anticipatory Guide• Summary frames with vocabulary bank

Lesson Delivery: Steps1. Activating Schema2. Building Background3. Pre-Teaching vocabulary (ExC-ELL seven steps)4. Pre-reading activities: (Analysis of title, pictures, captions,

making predictions) (RI 8.4)5. During reading (Skimming the text to confirm predictions,

read aloud/think aloud)6. After Reading (group discussion, group drawing, group

presentation) (Exit ticket) (RI 8.2)7. Written Summary8. Reading Comprehension: (RI 8.1)

Activating Schema

• Look at the pictures and discuss with your partner:1. What can you see?2.Which place is your favorite? Why?3.Write as many words or sentences about the pictures as you can.

Modern CityAncient Ruin

MountainsDesert

Rainforest

Building BackgroundTrip from Germany to China

On a bike

Think about the trip on a bike

• How would you describe that trip?• Write as many words as you can with a

partner.• For example: adventurous

Pre-teaching Vocabulary

• ExC-ELL seven steps

Say the word three times by stretching it

Cyclist, cyclist, cyclist

From the text

Brook Allen was also a cyclist.

Definition

a person who rides or travels by bicycle, motorcycle, etc

Word ClassWord Class Spanishcyclist noun ciclistacycle Verb

They cycled through deserts.

Andar en bicicleta

cycle Noun

The water cycle

Ciclo

Turn and talk

• Tell your partner what a cyclist needs:

• For example: - To be a cyclist, you need strong legs.- To be cyclist, you need _____________

Let’s spell the word

c-y-c-l-i-s-t

Say the word three times quickly

• Trip, trip, trip

Definition

• A journey or voyage

Friendly definition

• A trip happens when you go somewhere• For example: a trip to the supermarket or a

trip to the beach

From the text:

To pay for the trip, Gregg and Brooks worked and saved their money for years.

Multiple meaningsWord Class Meaning

trip noun Journey

trip verb To stumble

Turn and talk

• Tell you partner: Where would you like to win a trip to?

- I would like to win a trip to Hawaii.- I would like to win a trip to ___________.

Read this sentence again:

To pay for the trip, Gregg and Brooks worked and saved their money for years.

Say the word three times in a sleepy way

Camp, camp, camp

From the text:

Once they were on the road, they often camped outdoors.

Definition

• to live temporarily in or as if in a camp or outdoors.

Word ClassWord Class Spanish

They camped outdoors

verb acampar

The students went to a camp in the

mountains.

noun campamento

Turn and Talk

- When you camp, you sleep in a tent.

- When you camp, you ____________.

Say the word three times in an exciting way

Abroad!, Abroad!, Abroad!

Definition

In or to a foreign country or countries

From the text:

The trip taught both men a lot about travelling, especially if you travel abroad.

Friendly definition

Travel abroad means to travel to other countries

Turn and Talk

- Some people travel abroad because they want to learn a new language.

- Some people travel abroad because ________.

Let’s spell the word

A-b-r-o-a-d

Say the word three times like you are tired

Baggage, baggage, baggage

From the text:

The less baggage you have, the less you’ll worry about.

Definition

trunks, suitcases, etc., used in traveling; luggage.

Turn and Talk

- In my baggage, I always carry a book.

- In my baggage, I always carry _____________.

Share

What does your partner carry in his/her baggage?

What does it mean?

The less baggage you have, the less you’ll worry about.

Vocabulary Review

• Graphic Organizer• Numbered Heads together

Word Definition Picturecyclist

trip A journey or voyage

abroadtrunks, suitcases,

etc., used in traveling; luggage

Name:________________________________________ Date:_______________________

Complete these sentences using one the vocabulary words 1. To be a _____________, you need strong legs2. I would like to win a __________ to Hawaii.3. When you ___________, you sleep in a tent.4. Some people travel ____________ because they want to

learn a new language.5. In my __________________, I always carry a book.

Before Reading• Analysis of title,

pictures, captions and predictions

Before reading: Making predictions

During Reading

• Take turns with your partner to read aloud a sentence each.

• Think aloud.

• Stop after each paragraph and summarize what you read.

Students showed their comprehension by drawing and presenting

Reading Comprehension

• Numbered Heads together

What’s more meaningful and rigorous?

Past Continuous lesson

The proficiency level of students in this class ranged from 1.1 – 1.9

• Look at the can do descriptors.• Decide in your group what level the students

were working at. Give examples.