Subject: Closer Looking Lesson

Skills: English Word Choice, Varied Sentences, Speaking and Listening

Description: This 1 1/2 hour newcomer lesson is broken into 4 manageable 15 minute parts with a bonus activity at the end. In each segment students will be using a picture of a classroom as a gateway to complex text and language development. Students will engage in collaborative conversations by posing or responding to specific questions as well as practice paraphrasing information presented visually. Using pictures, student will begin to find evidence for basic questions and label pictures for the purpose of forming sentences that describe the picture both orally and in writing.

CCSS: peaking & Listening Standards 1,2 & 3  Reading Foundational Standards 1,2,3 & 4

Skills: English Word Choice, Varied Sentences, Speaking and Listening

CCSS: Speaking & Listening Standards 1,2 & 3  Reading Foundational Standards 1,2,3 & 4

Skills: English Word Choice, Varied Sentences, Speaking and Listening

Description: This 1 1/2 hour newcomer lesson is broken into 4 manageable 15 minute parts with a bonus activity at the end. In each segment students will be using a picture of a family eating dinner as a gateway to complex text and language development. Students will engage in collaborative conversations by posing or responding to specific questions as well as practice paraphrasing information presented visually. Using pictures, student will begin to find evidence for basic questions and label pictures for the purpose of forming sentences that describe the picture both orally and in writing.

CCSS: Speaking & Listening Standards 1,2, & 3 Reading Foundational Standards 1,2,3, & 4

Skills: Participate in collaborative conversations asking and answering "text" dependent questions with the support of sentence frames Analyze details, make inferences Practice  the skill of comparing ...

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this  1 hour  fully scripted “Closer Looking” lesson is based on an analysis of photographs.  We learn to infer from pictures first! Students will:

• Participate in collaborative conversations asking and answering "text" dependent questions with the support of sentence frames
• Analyze and draw inferences about photographs of an unknown location
• Produce a "book"; which includes: cause and effect, vocabulary, and key details
• Practice  the skill of comparing and contrasting

CCSS: RI.3.1, RI.3.3, RI.3.7, & SL.3.1, SL.3.2, SL.3.3

Skills: Use a photo to collaborate with partners to ask and answer text evidence questions Practice analyzing  and drawing inferences

Description: Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this 2nd Grade 1 hour fully scripted ELA lesson uses photos about pollination to teach comprehension and inference.  Your students will:

• Use a photo to collaborate with partners to ask and answer text evidence questions
• Practice analyzing  and drawing inferences

CCSS: RI.2.1, R.I.2.7, SL.2.1, & SL.2.2

Skills: Participate in collaborative conversations asking and answering "text" dependent questions with the support of sentence frames Analyze and draw inferences using an historical photograph  

Description: We learn to infer from pictures first!  Perfect for multilingual students learning English, this  1 hour  fully scripted “Closer Looking” lesson is based on an analysis of  an historical photograph.  Students will:

• Participate in collaborative conversations asking and answering "text" dependent questions with the support of sentence frames
• Analyze and draw inferences using an historical photograph

CCSS: RI.4.1, SL.4.1, SL.4.2, SL.4.3