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Title - Sami and the Time of Troubles
By - Elaine
Primary Subject - Language Arts
Grade Level - 3-6
Title - Writing a letter to Sami.
Subject - Language Arts, Social Studies
Grade Level - ESL mixed, grades 5-6 intermediate
Organization: Individual and small group
Objectives: The children will be able to:
- Enhance listening skills during a read-aloud.
- Enhance writing skills by writing skills by a letter to a character in a related literature, in
this case Sami from the book "Sami and the Time of the Troubles."
- Participate in small group discussion by orally presenting their letter to the people in their group.
Materials:
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Book: Sami and the Time of the Troubles.
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Final Draft Stationary
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Pencil and Paper
Introduction/Motivation:
- Read Sami and the Time of the Troubles. (A ten year old boy who lives in Baghdad, Iraq.)
- Discuss with the children that they are going to write a letter to Sami to tell about us
and ask him how he is doing. Write their responses on the board.
Developmental Activities:
- Pass out paper (used for rough draft).
- Explain and model how to write a letter on he board.
- Have the children write a rough draft of their letter, using the ideas listed on the board.
- Have students swap letters with a partner and proofread each other's letters.
- Pass out final draft stationary.
- Have the children rewrite their revised letters.
Closure:
- Divide children into groups of four and read their letter to one another.
- Display letters on unit bulletin board.
Evaluation:
- Did students participate in discussion?
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Did they work well with each other during the revision process and group share?
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Review letters. Check for grammatical and spelling mistakes and for proper sentence
structure. Review parts of speech and verb tenses if necessary.
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