Educational Issues Presentation

Lesson Plan
Issues Topic
Group
Members

Learning
Objectives
What do you want
your classmates to
learn?

Assessment
How will you know
your classmates
have learned?

Materials
What resources will
you need for your
presentation?

Introduction
5 minutes

English Second Language Students

Tamara, Anna, Carley

June 1, 2015

Students will:
Be able to understand what an ESL student is and the
issues that may be presented to that student,
classmates, and teacher.
Be able to apply effective measures for dealing with
and immersing ESL students into a classroom through
inclusion and differentiation.
Assessing through group discussion following the
scenario exercise
Assessing their definition of ESL and strategies for
immersion of ESL students through discussion and the
poster

Scenario & print-out resource

Popsicle sticks
Over-sized paper & tape

A brief introduction to our topic and itinerary

Using the popsicle sticks we will split the students into
three groups of six
Within their groups they will write a definition of what
ESL is on the top 1/3 of the poster paper at their table
We will as a group give a brief definition to what ESL is
and some additional factors

Body
10 minutes

Date

In the same groups assigned in the previous activity

they will be given a scenario and a resource assigned
to the particular group (either a Youtube video or
printout) and the person with the next birthday will
read the scenario to the group and the person with the
longest last name will record answers on the remaining
2/3 for the two questions on the poster paper
The students will now take five giant steps to a fellow
classmate that was NOT in their group and share an
answer from both questions (an additional strategy &
ED 2500 Orientation to Teaching
Instructor: Kurtis Hewson

Closure
5 minutes

Key
Res
ourc
es
(5-10
resou
rces)

something she could have done differently) x2

To regain attention we will all put our head-up after a
giving a 30-second warning
The students will be given one-minute to add any
additional information to their original definition on the
poster paper
Once the students are sitting back down we will have a
discussion using popsicle sticks we will choose a
student from each group to share their groups answers
from the scenario with the classroom
Ask the class what strategies they would use in their
classrooms
Have you witnessed any of these techniques or
strategies utilized in your own practicum?
Any other questions/concerns

https://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/esl18.pdf
https://www.tcdsb.org/ProgramsServices/SchoolProgramsK12/ESL/Doc
uments/CLASSROOM%20LESSON%20PLANNING%20FOR%20ESL
%20STUDENTS%20-%20Opt.pdf
https://education.alberta.ca/media/507659/eslkto9gi.pdf
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/esl-ell-tips-ferlazzo-sypnieski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2C8aDlQJTY
https://www.eslpartyland.com
http://www.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/ATA/Publications/
Specialist-Councils/ESL-3-5%20Differentiating%20Instruction.pdf
http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/seven_teaching_strategies_cla
s_06140.php
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/81-004-x/200410/7422-eng.htm
http://education.alberta.ca/media/1076318/support_esl.pdf
Factors that may affect student learning flow chart

Prof
essi
onal Kayi-Aydar, H. (2013). Scaffolding language learning in an academic
Journal, 67(3), 324-335.
Refe ESL classroom. ELT
renc http://dx.doi.org/:10.1093/elt/cct016
es
(2
Harrison, G., Ogle, K., & Keilty, M. (2011). The reliability of the OWLS
APAwritten
refer
expression scale with ESL kindergarten students. Canadian
ence
Journal of School Psychology, 26(4), 319-328.
d
resou
rces)

ED 2500 Orientation to Teaching

Instructor: Kurtis Hewson

ED 2500 Orientation to Teaching

Instructor: Kurtis Hewson