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I chose to create this activity because in general, I think that the topic of geography and
other countries is interesting to students, and particularly ELLs. It also presents a great vessel to
teach the topic of climate. Because this can be a fun subject to teach, I chose to create a fun
activity to go along with it. The objectives I chose are based directly on the standards this
activity is targeted to hit, and were chosen because they will challenge students just enough
while helping them get the most out of the activity. The content objective will make sure they
have a full and working understanding of various climates and climate words, while the language
objective will provide students with the skills they need to do research, which will be vital in
their future education. I chose the activities for this lesson so that students could focus on
research and writing, which is often an under looked skill in ELL classrooms, will giving
students a fun and different way to explore different areas of the world.
More specifically, the activities I chose to have students complete during this lesson were
chosen with TBLT and SIOP guidelines in mind. First, the focus is on meaning since students
must understand the research theyre gathering in order to put it into a poster and present the
information. Secondly, there is an information gap in the activity because the students need to
obtain information from each other and from the online resources they have. Although students
are doing research, they must find all the resources and gather all the information themselves,
therefor they must still rely on their own resources to complete this activity. Finally, this activity
finishes off nicely with students presenting their posters to the class and other classes. Besides
fitting all of the TBLT guidelines, this activity also takes into consideration some SIOP
guidelines. SIOP says that students should be given ample opportunities to interact in various
group settings, and since students will be working in groups to complete the activity, this lesson
certainly satisfies that aspect. Besides that, the scaffolding at the beginning of the lesson and the
usage of an introduction activity to build up student background knowledge also satisfy elements
of SIOP
Careful consideration went into choosing every element of this lesson. Groups of 3 or 4
help reduce the awkwardness that pairs of students might create, allow students to help each
other, and provide enough people to split up research into manageable portions. In addition to
this, I would carefully group native speakers and ELLs together. This will allow the native
English speaking students to assist the ELLs when they struggle. Often times ELLs will form
groups with each other and study their home country for these types of projects, so putting
students in mixed groups helps eliminate this problem. It will also provide an opportunity for
native speakers and ELLs to interact, which they might not otherwise do during class.