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Core Objectives | Material Content | Lesson Overview | Learning Tasks | Assessment Strategies

Curriculum Unit Designed by:

Hetty Roessingh

Date:

August 30,2011

Theme Title:

Blue Jeans

Rationale:

Introduce ESL learners to teen culture/transitional academic skills (skills booster)

Student Profile of Target Group:

Age:

Division Four (ages 15-19)

Proficiency:

General Proficiency

Download Resources:

Click here if you wish to download all the resources as a .zip file.

Sample units:

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Core Objectives:

Language

Vocabulary

Denim

Labels

Idiomatic uses of words: cool/uncool, mad, rule

Forms

Wh- questions: which

Tag questions: He can sing, can't he?

Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives

Functions

asking about or seeking factual information

describing/narrating

Core Objectives:

Strategies

Core Objectives:

Concepts

Concepts List:

Identity

Teen culture

Peer influence

Supply and demand

Conformity vs. individuality

Content Specific Concepts:

Labels matter Kids are willing to pay Denim - work wear to designer chic Specialty shop locations: Gap, Club Monaco Levi Strauss was "king"

Material Content

Realia Information:

Magazines (Poster project)

Audio information:

Text Information:

Newspaper stories/clippings Teacher prepared questions Teacher prepared writing scaffolds Teacher prepared interview grid

Lesson Overview

The look I like (Assessing baseline knowledge) Poster project
Learning about jeans (Building background knowledge & 3 types of questions.) Newspaper clippings
My Jeans Scaffolded writing
Can we talk? Contact assignment with native English speakers
Let's compare notes... Group work
Let me show you what they told me... Making key visuals
Let me tell you what they told me... Presenting data using key visuals
Blue Jeans - more than just a pair of pants 5-paragraph essay, writing process
March to the beat with smart pants recycling, extending, background knowledge and reading strategies
School's no place for individuality Mini-test

Learning Tasks

Sample heading

List of items

first item
second item
third item

Assessment Strategies

Authentic assessment: read newspaper article and answer 3 levels of questions.

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