Unit Plan: “Adjectives”
Language: English Language Learners (ELL)
Level: 7th grade
Textbook: Write on Track: Skills Book. Massachusetts: Great Source Education Book, 2002.
Side by Side. Book One. Steven J. Molinsky and Bill Bliss. 3rd edition.
Time Period: 4 weeks
Unit Topics: adjectives, comparatives, and superlatives
Language Objectives:
The students will be able to recognize and correctly use adjectives and adverbs in sentences.
The students will be able to recognize the different usages of adjectives and adverbs, and give examples of each.
The students will be able to compare two or things using comparatives and superlatives.
The students will be able to create a descriptive paragraph, using adjectives and adverbs to add detail.
Content Objectives:
The students will be able to recognize the meaning of common idiomatic expressions and also use them in a sentence.
The students will improve their reading/writing skills through other classes, including English, Science, Social Studies, and Math.
The students will learn more about Inauguration Day and the importance of this particular inauguration of Barack Obama.
The students will learn common idiomatic expressions used in a true story.
The students will read and understand a fictional story about a young girl on a farm.
Examples of Activities:
-Underline the adjectives and adverbs in a sentence
-List adjectives and adverbs that describe a picture
-Draw a picture and then write a descriptive paragraph
-Read an article and circle the adjectives and adverbs
-Compare people and objects using comparative and superlative adjectives
-Write a story, and then go back and add as much detail as possible
-Read a story and then answer questions using the idiomatic expressions that the story introduced
-With a partner, pantomime an adjective and have the class guess which adjective it is
The schedule that my mentor teacher uses is the following:
Mondays and Wednesdays – English Vocabulary and Grammar
Tuesdays and Thursdays – Homework Help Day (students work on homework from all of their classes and the teacher helps)
Fridays – “Can You Believe It?” (short stories that help to teach students common idiomatic expressions)
Every day – Daily Oral Language: This is an overhead that the teacher projects at the beginning of class. For each day, there are two sentences with errors
(pertaining to what they are learning, in this case it will be nouns). The students find the errors and write the sentences correctly in their D.O.L. notebook.
Daily Schedule: Week 1
1/26/09 – 1/30/09
Monday
1/26/09
Objectives:
Students will understand
adjectives and their usage.
Students will improve their
reading skills through a short
fictional story.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2.
Adjectives Worksheet part 1
3. Crucita # 3 (part A)
Tuesday
1/27/09
Objectives:
Homework Day
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Homework help
Homework:
1. N/A
Wednesday
1/28/09
Objectives:
Students will begin to understand
the difference between adjectives
and adverbs.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Adjectives Worksheet, part 2
Homework:
1. Finish picture and description
Thursday 1/29/09
Objectives:
Homework Day
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Homework help
Homework:
1. N/A
Friday
1/30/09
Objectives:
Story
-Students will learn the
meanings and uses of a few
idiomatic expressions through a
story.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. “Can You Believe It?” #11
Homework:
1. Finish C.Y.B.I.
Homework:
1. Crucita (parts B, C, D, and E)
Daily Schedule: Week 2
2/2/09 – 2/6/09
Monday
2/2/09
Objectives:
Students will understand
adjectives and their usage.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2.
Introduce Comparatives and
Superlatives
Homework:
1. N/A
Tuesday
2/3/09
Objectives:
Homework Day
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Homework help
Homework:
1. N/A
Wednesday
2/4/09
Objectives:
Students will be able to use
adverbs effectively to add detail.
Students will improve their
reading skills through a short
fictional story.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Comparatives and Superlatives
worksheet
3. Game
Homework:
1. Finish adverbs packet
Thursday
2/5/09
Objectives:
Homework Day
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Homework help
Homework:
1. N/A
Friday
2/6/09
Objectives:
Story
-Students will learn the
meanings and uses of a few
idiomatic expressions through a
story.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. “Can You Believe It?” #12
Homework:
1. Finish C.Y.B.I.
Daily Schedule: Week 3
2/9/09 – 2/13/09
Monday
2/9/09
Objectives:
Students will understand
adjectives and their usage.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2.
More Comparatives and
Superlatives
3.
Crucita #4
Tuesday
2/10/09
Objectives:
Homework Day
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Homework help
Homework:
1. N/A
Homework:
1. Finish Crucita (test Friday)
Wednesday
2/11/09
Objectives:
Students will be able to use
adverbs effectively to add detail.
Students will improve their
reading skills through a short
fictional story.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Finish Adjectives Packet
3. Review for Crucita test
Thursday
2/12/09
Objectives:
Homework Day
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Homework help
Homework:
1. N/A
Homework:
1. Study
Friday
2/13/09
Objectives:
Story
-Students will learn the
meanings and uses of a few
idiomatic expressions through a
story.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Crucita Test
3. Valentine’s Day Fun
Homework:
1. N/A
Daily Schedule: Week 4
2/23/09 – 2/27/09
Monday
2/23/09
Objectives:
Students will understand
adjectives and their usage.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Review for adjectives test
Homework:
1. Study for test (Wednesday)
Tuesday
2/24/09
Objectives:
Homework Day
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Homework help
Homework:
1. N/A
Wednesday
2/25/09
Objectives:
Students will be able to use
adverbs effectively to add detail.
Students will improve their
reading skills through a short
fictional story.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Adjectives test
Homework:
N/A
Thursday
2/26/09
Objectives:
Homework Day
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Homework help
Homework:
1. N/A
Friday
2/27/09
Objectives:
Story
-Students will learn the
meanings and uses of a few
idiomatic expressions through a
story.
Activities:
1. Daily Oral Language
2. Can You Believe It? #13
Homework:
1. Finish C.Y.B.I.