Mini Lesson - Task 1 - Immigration
Creators of Unit: Mary Monteleon, Ximena Rippley, Carlos Sanchez
District: New Rochelle M.S.
Title of Unit: Immigration
Title of Lesson: Immigration
Lesson Number: 1
Duration of Lesson: 90 minutes
Outcomes:
- Students will brainstorm on the immigration theme.
- Students will use listening skills for the goal of understanding.
- Students will utilize cooperative techniques in order to increase understanding and
dialogue.
- Students will practice note-taking techniques during a listening activity.
- Students will engage in extended activities involving interviews and research on famous
immigrants.
- Students will practice dictation skills while developing vocabulary.
- Students will summarize using notes obtained from a listening activity.
- Students will identify predominant ideas during the listening passage.
Student Writing Task:
- Students will write a minimum of one paragraph using a topic sentence, supporting
details, explanation of supporting details and concluding sentence.
- Students will use various forms of writing techniques to complete worksheets, graphic
organizers and charts.
Regents Task Addressed: Task 1
Standards Addressed:
ELA:
1 - Read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding.
2 - Read, write, listen and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
3 - Read, write, listen and speak for social interaction.
Social Studies:
Developing Language Arts through Social Studies content
Materials/Resources:
Literature/Text
Procedures:
- Students and teachers will first utilize the Immigration Graphic Organizer to brainstorm
on some words and concepts that remind students of the topic of immigration.
- Students use the KWL chart (What you know, what you want to know and what you learned)
to access and assess prior knowledge.
- Students and teachers will discuss and define vocabulary as a group. Teacher will
facilitate a final definition that the entire class agrees on.
- While listening to the passage during the listening activity, students will use the A/B
chart to assist them in taking notes. This will be a two member team activity.
- Students will use the Summary Chart with "wh" questions to assist them in
gathering and organizing their ideas on the topic they will summarize.
- Homework - for homework, student will interview a person of their choice on the topic of
immigration. Their interview will be guided, but not limited to questions provided by the
teacher on the interview worksheet.
- Students will engage in an extended activity for the purpose of further benefits and
contributions of famous immigrants to our nation.
- Follow up lesson.
Assessment/ Evaluation : Essay writing of one paragraph.
Ideas for other Language Learners:
- Change the difficulty level in the passages.
- Change the length of the passages.
- Change the difficulty of the comprehension questions.
