TESOL Standards: Goal I: To use English to communicate in social setting.

Goal II: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas. Goal III: To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways.

Topics
The Great Outdoors Adventure Stories

Objectives
Students will be able to identify objects used for camping. Students will be able to read short adventure stories and complete comprehension questions. Students will be able to write their own short stories. Students will be able to plan a camping trip.

Grammar
Phrasal verbs: put up, take down Past progressive: to be, travel, built, camp, sleep, hike, ran, cook, drink

Vocabulary
camp backpack sleeping bag thermos tent flashlight pocket knife camp fire deer woods stream

Sample Activities
Have students read adventure stories and complete comprehension questions. Have the class write an adventure story together by doing a round robin. The story will be developed as each student gives a sentence. Next, students can work in pairs or independently to write their own stories. Encourage them to illustrate the story when they are finished writing. Have students work in teams to plan a camping trip. The team should describe and write about where they are going camping, the supplies they need, how long they will stay, and the activities that they will do there.

Resources
Workbooks with Reproducibles: Oxford Kids Picture Dictionary, worksheets

Autobiographies

Students will be able to read an autobiography and compare/contrast themselves to the main character. Students will be able to write an autobiography.

Simple past tense: fight, believe, hide Past progressive tense: hide, live, fight, die, Future sentences with Would like to

attic Holocaust Nazi war concentration camp Jewish synagogue soldiers belief

Introduce students to the idea of autobiographies. Have them read the autobiography of Anne Frank and complete comprehension questions. Students can make a timeline of Anne Franks life to get a better understanding of the length of time that she lived in hiding in an attic. Then have students complete a Venn diagram to compare themselves to Anne Frank. Have students develop and write their own autobiography. Before writing, have students complete a pre-writing exercise using a graphic organizer. This will help students develop and organize their ideas.

Autobiographies: Anne Frank Website for Venn diagram: http://www.educati onoasis.com/curric ulum/GO_pdf/venn diagram.pdf Website for idea web: http://www.educati onoasis.com/curric ulum/GO_pdf/clust

**Vocabulary will depend on the

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Objectives

Grammar

Vocabulary
autobiographies presented.

Sample Activities

Resources
er_web6.pdf

Space Travel Science Fiction

Students will be able to sequence the planets and make comparisons of planets by size and position in the solar system. Students will be able to identify a planet after listening to descriptive clues. Students will be able to create a model of the solar system.

Present progressive: rotate, move, orbit, explore Future tense with will

astronaut exploration space shuttle space station satellite astronomer telescope extraterrestrial flying saucer UFO solar system Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto comet

Have students practice answering questions about the solar system. For example, Which planet is frthest from the sun? Have students read about the space station and complete comprehension questions. Students can write questions they would ask an astronaut about life in the space station. Have students create a model of the solar system. Have students think about living in space in the future. Next, have them develop a short story about their life in space by completing an idea web. Once you have checked the web, students will write a first draft of their story.

Workbooks with Reproducibles: Oxford Kids Picture Dictionary, worksheets Oxford Content Dictionary for Kids Reproducible Worksheets Web site for the international space station: Web sites for short science fiction stories:

Ancient Aztec and Mayan Societies

Students will be able to read and summarize an article about the Aztecs or Mayans and then teach it to the class. Students will be able to write a journal entry from

Simple past tense of build, worship, hunt Past progressive tense:

dates- BC/AD empire pyramid treasure gold silver battle

Website for idea web: http://www.educati onoasis.com/curric ulum/GO_pdf/clust er_web6.pdf Workbooks with In small groups, have students read a short article about the Aztecs or Mayans. Each group should have a different article on Reproducibles: society, economy, religion, etcetera. Next, have students create Oxford Content a summary using simple past and past progressive. Each team Dictionary for Kids will then teach the class about their article. Reproducible Worksheets Have students develop journal entries written in the perspective

Topics

Objectives
the perspective of someone living during that time.

Grammar

Vocabulary
Gods hieroglyphs archeologist shelter jungle peninsula ceremony sacrifice offering

Sample Activities
of an Aztec or Mayan. Have students compare/contrast the Mayan and Aztec culture on a Venn diagram. Students could also compare/contrast the Mayan or Aztec culture to modern Mexican culture. In teams, have students research an Aztec God. Next, have each team present their Aztec God to the class.

Resources
Story Books: Website for Aztec readings: http://home.freeuk. com/elloughton13/a ztecs.htm http://atschool.edu web.co.uk/nettsch/t ime/aztec.html Website for Venn diagram: http://www.educati onoasis.com/curric ulum/GO_pdf/venn diagram.pdf

Ancient Egypt

Students will be able to locate Egypt and the Nile river on a map. In teams, students will be able to read short article and teach new information to the class.

Simple past tense: embalm Past progressive tense: Would + verb

Egypt Nile tomb mummy chamber vault king pharaoh camel **Many vocabulary words from the previous unit, Ancient Aztec and Mayans Society, should be included here.

Have students locate Egypt and the Nile on the map.

Workbooks with Reproducibles: Oxford Content In small groups, have students read a short article about the Aztecs or Mayans. Each group should have a different article on Dictionary for Kids Reproducible society, economy, and religion. Next, have students teach the class about their article. Worksheets After the class presentations, have students write a paragraph about the Egyptians using regular and irregular verbs in the simple past. Have students read and follow instructions to create a mummified chicken. See the website under resources for specific information. Website to make your own mummy: http://www.geocitie s.com/sseagraves/a ncientegyptlessonpl ans.htm

Student will be able to write a paragraph about the Egyptians using regular and irregular verbs in the simple past.

Created by W. Senft, 06/2006