Planning sample (new programs)

MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN PÚBLICADirección de Desarrollo Curricular

Departamento de Tercer Ciclo y Educación DiversificadaAsesoría Nacional de Inglés

Didactic PlanningWeek 1

Level: 7th Unit: 3

Domain: Socio-Interpersonal and Transactional Scenario: Getting Back to Nature Theme: Natural wonders in my backyard

Enduring Understanding: Costa Rican natural beauty can be enjoyed by experiencing its wonders when traveling.

Essential Question: How can people more closely experience nature when visiting places?

Learn to Know Learn to Do Learn to Be and Live in Community

Grammar & Sentence FrameWhat are these?There is___. Is there____? Yes/No.There are___. Are there____? Yes/No.I like my___.

Vocabularybackyard, flower, cat, dog, tree, grass, stones, nature, living, non-living things, cat, garbage,

trash can, plants, rivers, lakes, mountains, flowers, bugs, rocks, flora, fauna

Phonology/-at/

FunctionIdentifying natural elements in my community (backyard)

Discourse MarkersConnecting words: and, but

Psycho-social Appreciating local natural wonders.

Socio-cultural Promoting the enjoyment of natural wonders

for all.

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Assessment Strategies & Evidences(Learning

Outcomes)

Learner can Didactic Sequence

Oral Comprehension: Pre-listening; Listening for the first time; Pair/Group feedback; Listening for the second time; Post-listeningWritten Comprehension: Pre-reading; Reading for the first time; Pair/Group feedback; Reading for the second time; Post-readingSpoken Interaction/Production: Planning; Organizing; Rehearsing; Using/DescribingWritten Production: Pre-writing; Drafting; Revising; Editing

TimeTotal:

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Learner…

R.2. Identifies key words related to nature in texts by brainstorming/ eliciting vocabulary and completing a graphic organizer.

R.2. identify key words related to nature in texts.

Pre-teachingRoutine – Checking attendance, checking in with Ls, posting and reviewing the week goal and class agenda, etc.Warm up T calls attention to the adaptation of the Essential Question already written on the

board: How can people more closely experience nature when visiting their backyards? Using a picture of a house and backyard and an example or examples of realia from nature (bug in a jar, stone, leaf, flower, etc.) and miming, T shows what a backyard is, showing a picture of his/her backyard.

Pre-task (Reading to listen) Pre-reading

T explains the task goal and asks L what he/she know about the topic by using showing pictures or realia of nature items from different backyards (e.g., grass, tree, flowers, stones) and responds to Qs: What are these? T writes the word “backyard” on the board in the center of a cluster graphic organizer. T asks What is in a backyard? Ls name the words supported by pictures (using prior knowledge) and perform choral repetition. (T writes only the responses (waiting to add new vocabulary later) on the board as words coming out of the center).

In small groups, L elicits more vocabulary about what might be in a backyard using the letters of the word “backyard” as a guide with each word beginning with a letter from that

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Checks answers to repair learning.

R.1.Identifies English language sounds by repeating short vowel sounds -at in orally stated single-syllable words e.g., hat.

R.1. identify English language sounds using knowledge in phonics, syllabification and word parts.

word. For example:B irdA nimalC atK iteY amA vocadoR oseD irt

L exchanges products with other groups for peer feedback.

Using the words that have now been generated by Ls, the class as a large group classifies things that are natural and non-natural using a graphic organizer on the board.

Living Non-living

Task: Giving a Tour of My Backyard (Reading to listen/speak/write)

1. Reading for the first timeTeacher reads a text and asks Ls to listen for some of the words on the board as T models telling a story using one of the pictures and pointing out examples of vocabulary in the picture. If needed after listening to Ls’ responses, T reviews words from story which include /at/. Example of story:

a. This is a picture of my backyard. I like my backyard because there are flowers and trees. There is a little cat in my backyard. Her name is Emma. She is a funny cat and likes to run when she sees a rat.

2. Pair/Group FeedbackLs say aloud words from the board that they heard in the story. They repeat new

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L.1.Identifies instructions for games and follow teacher’s or students’ modeling of the activity by interacting when playing a game.

SI.2.Asks somebody to repeat what they said more slowly by asking Qs or repeating to

L.1. identify instructions for games and follow teacher’s or students’ modeling of the activity.

SI.2. ask somebody to repeat what they said more slowly.

vocabulary as teacher pronounces and shows the object in the picture.3. Reading for the second time

Teacher reads the story again without the picture as Ls listen for the second time. T then asks: Is there a___ in my backyard? Yes/no… What other things are there in my backyard?

4. Post readingLs observe pictures of different backyards (using pictures or drawings of Ls own backyards or someone they know that Ls were assigned to photograph/draw as homework) and practice question and sentence frames supported by card rings (http://www.theteachertoolkit.com/index.php/tool/student-response-cards).

a. Is there a _____ in my backyard? b. Are there ________ in your backyard?c. There is _________ in my backyard. d. There are _______ and _______ in my backyard.e. _________ is in my backyard but it is not natural.

(T monitors, encourage Ls to use classroom language to ask for support: How do you say___? Can you repeat the word “cat”, slowly, please?)

Choral speech: L repeats all the words and the sound /a/ in “cat”, “rat” and “bat”, after the teacher.

Option: Use one of the short texts or dialogues found at the conclusion of these weekly plans, following suggestions for Pre-, Task, and Post-Listening activities.

Post-Task (Reading to speak) L draws his/her crazy backyard. Ls form a circle and follow instructions for playing the game Backyard Ball T models the game throwing the ball to one L asking questions using is there/are there __ in your crazy backyard? Etc.

L continue playing the game among them using the grammar structures and the vocabulary.

Option: T puts different forms of realia/photos of different backyards, in a bag. The

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http://www.theteachertoolkit.com/index.php/tool/student-response-cards



confirm learning. learner who gets the ball/stuffed animal draws an item and ask a question/answer or tells about his/her crazy backyard.

Option: exit-ticket assessment done at the end of class by learners to show what they can do (individually), with the concepts of the lesson, e.g., by responding to the T a question when they leave the class.

Options Integrated Mini-Project Time

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Brochure Design board games

Allow time for the Mini-Project each week. NOTE: All phases of the Integrated Mini-Project should be opportunities for Ls to practice English, not just those related to presentation.

For the first and second weeks, learners focus on: Participating/negotiating: Brainstorming, discussing, negotiating, making decisions and selecting the work strategies, resources and the mini-project. After each week’s lesson, learners identify which learning tasks completed that week could be adapted for use in their chosen Integrated Mini-Project. Thinking/planning: planning creating and outlining collaboratively the language content and strategies.

For the third and fourth weeks, learners focus on:Acting out/rehearsing: Practicing the mini-project in pairs or groups.

For the week of presentation, learners focus on:Responding and sharing/Assessment: Delivering and participating in peer assessment of mini-project.

Adjust previous times listed above to

allow 5 min each week.

Group presentations can be week 5

or 6.

Reflective TeachingWhat worked well What didn’t work well How to improve

Enduring Understanding ReflectionHow successful were the learners in achieving the enduring understanding by the end of the unit?

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