Project Information
FIVE EASY PIECES FOR THIS PROJECT:
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
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Sample units:
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:
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Text Information:
Newspaper stories/clippings
Teacher prepared questions
Teacher prepared writing scaffolds
Teacher prepared interview grid
- 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
Sample heading
List of items
- first item
- second item
- third item
Authentic assessment: read newspaper article and answer 3 levels of questions.