5 E's Lesson Components: ELA English Language Learners Day 1
Name: Donna Cao
Location/Context:
Mentor Teacher: Mr. Adam Martz
Londonderry Junior high with
Date: Monday. April 11h at 11:18 PM Rotation Day:2
students in 4 rows of 3-5 students.
Subject/Grade Level: English Language Learners
There is much diversity among
Room: 15
students. This is the English
Concept: Conversation circles can help amplify students’ verbal, conversation Language Learners’ stream, where
skills and give them the tools they need to express comparisons and contrasts
many students have been in the
between two different topics
country for around 1 year or less
Program of Studies Knowledge Outcome: UNABLE TO LOCATE
with a primary language other than
English.
Safety Consideration:
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No safety concerns identified
Previous Knowledge:
Students explored comparisons
through a writing assignment the
If virtual:
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Lesson can be performed online via zoom, with the teacher taking over week before. They also engaged in
demonstrations
conversation circles around the topic
of social media a few days earlier.
If technology does not work:
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Use whiteboard for majority of visuals
I. Engagement/Explanation: (10 minutes)
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(Jamboard activity on similarities and differences)
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Go over different sentence stems for comparisons
o COMPARE
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_______ and ___________ both show
________________
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__________ and _____________ are similar because
____________________________________________
o CONTRAST
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Compared to _______, I think this is more _______
Learning Materials:
Electronic Materials:
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Powerpoint presentation link
to guide lesson (Cao, 2022)
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This is different because ______________
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This is less ____________ than __________________
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__________ is___________, but ____________ is
_______________
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_________ and ____________ are different because
_______________.
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Introduce the topic:
o It could be about describing different foods they like amongst
each other
o Sports – basketball vs. soccer
o Weather – sunny and rainy weather
o Season – Winter and Spring
o Foods – Apples and Oranges
o Technology – Phone vs. Computer
o Country – Canada vs. Another country
II. Exploration: (20-40 minutes)
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Break students off into groups 5-6 pre-assigned
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Give them a huge piece of paper to record their ideas down
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Show them how to draw a graph so they can place down differences
and similarities between both topics
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Walk amongst groups
III. Evaluation (10-20 minutes)
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Get students to present their ideas to the entire class one-by-one
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Try to encourage every student to talk while they are up there
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Perhaps record their ideas down on paper
IV. Extension
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If there is time left, maybe do a class comparison together on a topic
Considerations:
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Students may not have the vocabulary for certain key words
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Remind them of the exercise they performed last week
Electronic Materials:
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Other resources for conversation circles:
o https://study.com/academy/lesson/esl-compare-contrast-essaytopics.html
o https://www.learnalberta.ca/content/eslapb/understanding_the_
acquisition.html
o chromeextension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/viewer.html?pd
furl=https%3A%2F%2Feducation.alberta.ca%2Fmedia%2F563
809%2Fesl-guide-to-implementation-k9.pdf&clen=1824881&chunk=true
Reflection:
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Quite fun
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Leaned on mentor teacher quite a bit to help with classroom
management