ELD LESSON PLAN
Grade 4 Houghton-Mifflin
ELD BEGINNING Level
LANGUAGE
OBJECTIVE
Listening and Speaking ELD Standards
Retell familiar stories & participate in short conversations
1 Students will be able to Describe Characters using auxiliary verbs by…
2 Students will be able to Compare and Contrast using adjectives by…
3 Students will be able to Describe Location/Setting using prepositions by…
Selection
Language Function
The Stranger
1
Describe Characters
(HM Note Details)
-I think of details, or
small parts of
information to give a
clear picture.-
Cendrillon
2
Compare and
Contrast
-I think about how
things are similar and
different.-
Grammar Form
Auxiliary Verbs
can/cannot
may/may not
-Used to grant or
deny request or
permission.-
Concrete
Adjectives
-Used to
describe a
noun.-
Reading ELD Standards
Describe orally characters & setting
Theme 3:That’s Amazing
Writing ELD Standards
Write simple sentences to respond to lit.
Can you talk to strangers?
Who was the same as you?
Where was your desk located?
Vocabulary
Prompts/Questions
Responses
stranger, talk,
quiet/silent/shy,
work, help, farm
tired, strange,
different, farmer,
family, weather
Can you talk to strangers?
May I talk to you?
Tell what you cannot/may not do.
Can the stranger talk?
Can the family talk to the stranger?
Why is the stranger quiet?
What can the stranger do on the farm?
How is the stranger different?
Describe the stranger.
Is he strange because he cannot/may not
talk?
Describe____./ Who was _____?
Who was the same as __?
Who was different from ___?
How are __and __ alike/the same?
How are __ and ___different?
Were the sisters alike?
How were the sisters different?
Tell me about Cendrillon and Vitaline.
Describe the difference between the
godmother and the stepmother.
Where was____?
Was ____ inside/outside?
Was ___ under/below/above ____?
Where was the barn?
Where were the animals?
Yes,/No, I can/cannot talk to strangers.
Yes,/No, you may/may not talk to me.
I cannot/may not ____________.
No, he cannot talk.
No the family cannot talk to the stranger.
He cannot talk. He may be tired or shy.
He can work and help on the farm.
The stranger can/cannot….
were/was, fancy,
pretty/plain/ugly
rich/poor, interesting,
hardworking,
kind/mean,
alike/same, different
compare
porch, barn, farm
Yes/No he is not strange because he cannot/may
not talk.
____ was_____.
___was the same as ___.
__ was different from ____.
They are both ___. Both __and __ are ____.
__ was __.
___ was
No/Yes, the sisters were/were not alike.
__ was __.
___ was ____.
____was _____, but ________was ______.
____was ______, and _______was ______.
___ was ____.
Prepositions
Describe
field, farm, weather,
Yes/No, ___was /was not _____.
on,
off/in,
out
Location/Setting
fans heat wave,
Yes/No, ___was/was not under/below/above __.
inside, outside
hot/scorching
(HM Fantasy and
The barn was outside..
below, under,
yellow air
______ was/were (preposition) the _______.
Realism)
flowers
above
They were inside the barn
-I think of details, or
crows,
mules,
-Used to indicate
Where
did
the
story
take
place?
The story took place on a farm.
chickens,
small parts of
the location or
How was the weather outside?
The weather outside was ___________.
information to give a
position.What was under the porch?
______was/were under the porch.
clear picture.What did the family see above their heads?
They saw _______above their heads.
Supplemental Resources: Avenues
Unit 3: Once Upon a Storm
LANGUAGE! Picture Cards ___ Other ____________
Heat Wave!
3
EL Services Dept. June 2009
ELD INTERMEDIATE Level
Grade
ELD LESSON PLAN
4
Houghton-Mifflin
LANGUAGE
OBJECTIVE
Listening and Speaking ELD Standards
Retell stories using expanded vocabulary descriptive words and paraphrasing
Reading ELD Standards
Use expanded vocabulary & descriptive
words in paraphrasing responses to text
1 Students will be able to Describe Characters using auxiliary verbs by…
2 Students will be able to Compare and Contrast using adjectives by…
3 Students will be able to Describe Location/Setting using prepositions by…
Selection
Language Function
Grammar Form
The Stranger
1
Describe Characters
(HM Note Details)
-I think of details, or
small parts of
information to give a
clear picture.-
Auxiliary Verbs
could/should
would
-Used to change
meaning by
expressing
possibility, ability
or intention.-
Cendrillon
2
Compare and
Contrast
-I think about how
things are similar and
different.-
Multiple
Adjectives
-Used to describe
a noun in many
ways.-
Theme 3:That’s Amazing
Writing ELD Standards
Begin to use a variety of genres in writing
Should you speak to strangers?
How were you and your friend similar?
Describe the location of your desk.
Vocabulary
Prompts/Questions
Responses
speak, stranger,
mysterious, unusual,
odd, hermit
helpful, wise,
weather/seasons
thermometer,
Should/Could/Would you ….?
Should/Could/Would you speak to
strangers?
Who could the stranger be?
Yes/No, I should/could/would (not)
Yes/No, I should/could/would (not) speak to
strangers.
The stranger could be a hermit who lives alone
in the woods.
The stranger should/could/would….
He should remember his name and where he is
from.
He could work hard and never tire.
The stranger….
What could/would/should the stranger do?
What should the stranger remember?
How could the stranger help in the fields?
How would you describe the stranger?
handsome, lovely
gorgeous, spoiled.
lazy, generous,
beautiful
wealthy/deprived
proud, fancy,
stepmother,
godmother
similar/similarities
How were __and ___ similar/different?
What were the similarities/differences
between __ and____?
Compare/Contrast the godmother with the
stepmother.
What did you have/not have in common
with Vitaline/Cendrillon?
How were Vitaline and Cendrillon unlike
each other?
How did _________ compare/contrast
with ________?
___ and ___ were both ________.
_____ was ___ , but ___ was ____.
The similarities/differences between __ and___
were _______
Compared/Contrasted with ___________the
___________ was ___________.
We were alike/unlike because _____________.
They were unlike each other in that one was
_____ and the other was _______.
When you compared/contrasted
_________with _______ you discovered that
__________.
It was next to the window.
I stood between __ and ____.
I sat/stood (preposition) the porch.
__was/were located ______
They herded the cows ______ the barn.
They put it (preposition) the pickup trucks.
____ saw/put ____(preposition) the _____.
pickup trucks
Describe the location of your desk.
Prepositions
Describe
pasture, field, rough,
Tell where you stood in line.
next to, beside,
Location/Setting
horizon, blizzard/heat Where did you sit/stand?
between, in front of,
(HM Fantasy and
wave, scorching hot,
Where was/were ____ located?
in back of, behind
sizzling,
Realism)
Where did they herd the cows?
-Used to indicate
crawled, herded, hid
-I think of details, or
Where did they put the popcorn?
the location or
critters
What did the ____ see/put (preposition)
small parts of
position.the _______.
information to give a
clear picture.Supplemental Resources: Avenues
Unit # 3: Once Upon a Storm
LANGUAGE! Picture Cards ___
Heat Wave!
3
Other ____________
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ELD LESSON PLAN
Grade 4
Houghton-Mifflin
ELD ADVANCED Level
LANGUAGE
OBJECTIVE
Listening and Speaking ELD Standards
Summarize major ideas, retell in greater detail describing, character, plot & setting
Reading ELD Standards
Read selection and identify main
conflict, plot, & resolution
1 Students will be able to Describe Characters using auxiliary verbs by…
2 Students will be able to Compare and Contrast using adjectives by…
3 Students will be able to Describe Location/Setting using prepositions by…
Selection
Language Function
Grammar Form
The Stranger
1
Describe Characters
(HM Note Details)
-I think of details, or
small parts of
information to give a
clear picture.-
Auxiliary Verbs
may, might, must
“prefer to,:
“would rather”
-Used to change
meaning by
expressing
possibility, ability
or intention.-
Cendrillon
Compare and
Contrast
-I think about how
things are similar and
different.-
Adjectives
too + adjective
synonyms &
antonyms
-Used to describe a
noun with similar
and opposite
meaning words.-
Heat Wave!
3
Describe
Location/Setting
(HM Fantasy and
Realism)
-I think of details, or
small parts of
information to give a
clear picture.-
Supplemental Resources: Avenues
Prepositions
adjacent to, against,
beneath, beyond,
within
-Used to indicate
the location or
position.-
Unit # 3: Once Upon a Storm
Writing ELD Standards
Independently write simple responses to literature
Might you talk to an unfamiliar person?
Describe the similarities between you and a friend.
Where had your previous school been located?
Vocabulary
Prompts/Questions
Responses
peculiar, odd etched,
frost, timid, hermit,
stranger,/outsider/
unfamiliar person
fellow, observe
communicate,
seasonal, natural.
unexplainable
Might you talk to an unfamiliar person?
Must you avoid speaking with strangers?
I might talk to an unfamiliar person if….
Yes/No I must/must not avoid speaking with
stranger because …
The stranger might/may be called a hermit because
he wears odd clothing, is timid and peculiar.
stunning, dazzling,
2
Theme 3:That’s Amazing
spectacular, elegant,
splendid, unsightly
unattractive, vile,
despicable
washerwoman,
peasant, orphan,
wealthy
underprivileged
satin, velvet, silk
stepmother,
godmother
horizon, pasture,
shade fields,
heat wave, mercury,
originated, rolled,
thermometer, located
Why might the stranger be
called/considered a hermit? / Why might
the stranger be described as a hermit?
What does the stranger prefer to do?
What would the stranger rather do?
What may/might happen when the
stranger remembers who he is?
How must the stranger communicate?
Describe the differences/similarities
between ___and _____.
What did you share in common with __?
How did you differ from __________?
Describe the differences between the
stepmother and the godmother.
What did Cendrillon and Vitaline share in
common?
How did they differ?
Compare and contrast ___ and ____.
Where had your previous school been
located?
Where had you left/placed your
___before you located it again?
What had rolled across the horizon after
the loud roar?
Where had the heat wave originated?
Where had the flowers crawled to after
the heat wave started?
Where had the ____ found shade/relief?
Where had it gotten so hot that the cows
were hopping around like rabbits.
LANGUAGE! Picture Cards ___
The stranger prefers to …..
The stranger would rather…..
He may/might remember that it’s time for the
season to change and he must leave.
He must etch his words in frost.
____ was ____, whereas ___ was _____.
___ was as ____ as ____.
____ and I shared ____ in common.
I was ____ , whereas ____ was ______.
The stepmother dressed in satin and velvet,
whereas the godmother wore worn, white skirts.
They shared _________________ in common.
They differed in________________.
___ and ___ were both ___, but ____ was/had ___
and ___ was/had ____.
My school had been located within the city,
adjacent to a park.
I had left/placed my ___ ___ before I located it
again
A big old clump of crinkled, yellow air rolled
across the horizon after the loud roar.
The heat wave had originated far beyond the
horizon.
The flowers had crawled beneath the porch after
the heat wave started.
The ____ had found shade/relief __the __.
It had gotten too hot on the ground beneath their
feet.
Other ______
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