This lesson plan document outlines activities to help emergent English language learners build their academic language skills. It includes directions for students to sketch examples like a house, car, or bike to build vocabulary. A listening activity has students take turns telling and retelling short stories in pairs. Students are then instructed to independently practice sketchnoting instructions for processes, stories they heard, or how to do things like hit a home run. The document provides resources for teachers to use videos, podcasts or live lessons and directs them to a presentation at the given web address.

2. Lesson Plan:
Making Thinking
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3. Anticipatory Set: Getting the Learners Prepped
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4. Anticipatory Set: Getting the Learners Prepped
What would happen if you had students draw their
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5. Purpose: The Academic need
ELLs need to be
emerged in their
academic language.
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6. Input: Students need information and facts
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7. Guided Practice: Teflon/no stick work for the kids
Sketch a…
● HOUSE
● CAR
● Coffee Cup
● Computer
● Pizza
● Bike
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8. Modeling: What does the product look Like?
Academic Language Material, Language Games, Opportunities for
Practicing four Language Domains, and going deeper with Academic
Language.
Mindful
Listening
1 Get in pairs
2 P1: Tells a story
for 30 sec.
3 P2: Retells the
story in 1st Person
4. P2 Tells a new
story for 30 sec
5 P1 Retells the
story in 1st person
for 60 sec.
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Check for Understanding: Know what they know
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10. Independent Practice: Time to work/create
Lessons for the classroom
1. Video
2. Podcasts
3. Live
4. Sketchnote your mindful listening
story
5. Sketchnote steps to creating your
favorite food
6. Sketchnote how to...hit a homerun -
manage your time - keep from
stressing out...math/science/PE
processes, english...etc..
Post your sketches here!
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11. Closure: The finalization of the work
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12. Get the Preso at
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