Lesson Plan
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English_Second_Language
Title
My Favorite Place
Grade Level
3, 4
Subject (s)
 Foreign
Language/English Second
Language
 Language Arts/Grammar
Duration
one hour
Description
ESL students with very limited English
ability will use adjectives to describe
their favorite place.
Goals
Students will use English to provide
and construct subject matter
information in the written form.
Objectives
Students will be able to write 5-7
adjectives and use them both orally
and in written language to describe
their favorite place.
Materials
magazine clippings that contain adjectives
 pictures of various places (mountains, city,
theme park, bedroom, etc.)
 crayons
 construction paper
 scissors
 rubber cement or glue
 pencils

Procedure (1)
 Students
should have an active
knowledge of approximately 10
adjectives and be able to sound
words out phonetically in English.
Before beginning the lesson, the
teacher should go through old
magazines and tear out pages that
contain adjectives in bright, bold
letters.
Procedure (2)
 Activation
of Prior Knowledge:
Review known adjectives by holding
up pictures of places and saying, "In
the (mountains/city/theme
park/bedroom) it's "_____," allowing
students to supply the adjectives
(cold/noisy/fun/quiet).
Procedure (3)
 Lesson
Focus:
Give each student a piece of
construction paper and some crayons.
Instruct students to draw a picture of
their favorite place. While students
are drawing, circulate around the
room to make sure students are on
task, offering assistance and
encouragement.
Procedure (4)

After the drawings are completed, tell
students that they will use words from
magazines to describe the places that they
just drew. Hand out 10 or so pages of
magazine clippings to each student, along
with scissors and rubber cement. Again,
the teacher should circulate making sure
the children are choosing appropriate and
meaningful words. Have more magazine
clippings on hand if students need
additional words.
Procedure (5)

Write the following sentence on the board:
"My favorite place is ____________ ."
Read the sentence out loud and then
instruct the students to rewrite it at the
bottom of their artwork, filling the blank in
with their own adjectives. Once students
are finished, they can share their artwork
with their classmates and practice reading
the adjectives. Model proper pronunciation
as needed.
Procedure (6)

Closure:
As a closing activity, focus on the classroom. Ask
the students to suggest several adjectives that
describe the classroom. Write students'
responses on the board. After a list of about 5-8
adjectives has been accumulated, say and write
the following sentence: "Our classroom is
_______." Then call on several students to read
the sentence, filling in the blank with an adjective.
In closing, thank the students for sharing their
artwork and ideas; let students know that you
enjoyed listening to them describe their favorite
place.
Assessment
 Observe
and monitor students as
they are working on their pictures
and selecting adjectives. Did
students select appropriate
adjectives for their pictures? For the
closing activity, did any students
have difficulty selecting an adjective
that described the classroom?