Project Information
Student Profile of Target Group:
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Core Objectives:
Vocabulary
gorilla 6
adaptation
environment
celebrations
relationships
Endangered species & related information
Forms
5 w's + h questions (who, what, when, where, why, how)
Conditionals with if... would: If I had a million dollars, I would ...
Present progressive/continuous verbs e.g. walking
If I had a million dollars, I would ...
Present progressive/continuous verbs e.g. walking
Compounds with some, any, no: Someone, anyone, no one
continuous verbs e.g. walking
Simple present tense e.g. walks, runs, jumps, puts
synonyms
Adjectives/modifiers (size, colour, shape)
adverbs
Possessives: 's
Nouns, nouns, nouns! nouns to do with sports, hobbies, disasters, love stories, my life before..., faces you should know.
Idiomatic expressions
Functions
stating factual information
summarizing
making suggestions
questioning
sequencing communication
Core Objectives:
Core Objectives:
Comparison of human/gorilla familial rituals,
tradtions,etc.,
Examination of gorillas' position in the wild,
Possiblities for individual social action,rights and responsibilities,
Challenges and opportunites,Adaptations
Material Content
map of zoo
re-written news articles (3), referenced use of Sy Montgomery's book,
Walking with the Apes, 'The Calgary Zoo' (article from referenced website).'Light Shining through the Mist'(National Geogrpahic Book)by Tom Matthews
2. Family Trees -'Kakinga's Family'(article) graphic organizer and Frayer model, accessing background knowledge
3. The Gorilla family and the Zoo - article,modified cloze,questioning levels, compare/contrast chart, verb tenses, suffixes, synonyms, word search 4. "It's Girl!" - adapted article,modified cloze, personal writing, vocabulary development(synonyms), 5 W's,Transition to adaptations, second article,use of QAR,computer search 5. What happens in the Wild?" - use D. Fpssey's photobiography"Light Shining through the Mist', listening practice, LEA, create and work through a research outline on gorillas, 6. A Behind and a Look Ahead - coze assessment, synonyms, extracting information from resources, bibliography creation,report writing, 7. How would I interact with Gorillas if I could? - working with the conditional, writing poetry oral sharing pratice, writing a letter of concern, Video viewing "Gorillas in the Mist" 8. Fossey's Family Flourishes -Adapted text, word cycles,idioms, imperatives,representing 9. A Trip to the Zoo - Gorilla Jeopardy,adverbials, map reading, creating an action plan,collaborative writing, community contact assignment, role playing, 10. The Endangered Species Project - Panel of Experts, components of report writing,planning and preparing a hyperstudio project,portfolio assessment
vocabulary development,
scaffolding,Frayer model concept understanding, developing research strategies, developing and rehearsing communicative skills, practice grammar structures,develop and increase vocabulary for science,introduce idioms, practice oral presentations,
- comprehension questions,
- cloze exercizes,
- retell/recall,
- oral presentations, poetry,portfolio samples, collage, personal family tree, research presentation adn representation,informal, anecdotal notes, formative and summative assessment/evaluations