42 | Unit 1 CONNECT TO Media HOME ABOUT ME GUEST POSTS SCHOOL EVENTS Introduction to school by Ana Vazquez An online post Project PUT IT ALL TOGETHER Why do people write online posts? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION How does media connect the world? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION Back to School Song Read the questions. Watch the video. Then answer the questions. Share your answers with the class. 1. Who do you see? 2. Where are they? 3. What is the song about? 4. List words from the song that you know. VIEWING STRATEGY Visual thinking What do you see? What does that tell you? Create an online post. Use pictures and words to show: • hello and good-bye • your classes Share your post. Explain the pictures and words. Project Media 42 forty-two | Unit 1 UNIT 1 / PROJECT & CONNECT TO MEDIA DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Model writing an online post where you introduce yourself and discuss your class. Example: I’m Mr./Ms. . I teach English. I have students. The classes are fun! I like to in class. We speak and listen to each other. We read stories and write them, too. Allow for varying levels of language, as this is an open-ended project. Amplify For the project, consider pairing a student with a higher level of proficiency with a student whose level is lower. He or she may serve as a peer tutor and help guide both the planning and the final product. Instructional Routine: Vocabulary p. Txxv Essential question: Why do people write online posts? Say: I write about a concert. I want my friends to know about it and see my pictures. What do you write? On the board write examples students share. Say: We write online posts to communicate on the Internet. • Use steps in the writing process Have students follow the writing process for their online posts. Say: You can introduce yourself. You can write about your classes. Look at the example for ideas. • Say: You will present your post to the class. Explain that media is how information is communicated to the public. Ask students to name things they consider media (e.g., TV, radio, Internet). Essential question: How does media connect the world? Ask students how media helps people connect. Viewing strategy: Visual thinking • Closely view multimedia Offer a cue that they should notice items in the school. Pre-teach the words in the stanza New year, new gear, new you as well as what the letters BTS stand for. Give students time to complete the questions and then share orally. ANSWERS 1. two boys/men, a girl; 2. in school; in the hallway; 3. back to school; school supplies; school work; 4. Possible answers: school, teacher, student, hello, A’s, class, test Assessment Program Exam: Unit 1 Proficiency Assessment: End-of-Unit Exam PROJECT: AN ONLINE POST PRACTICE CONNECT TO MEDIA: Back to School Song PRACTICE Formative Assessment • What I learned in this Unit: About my friend A biography is the story of a person. A biography can be the story of a new classmate. Write a biography. Look at your notebook. Read your book. Things you can write about your classmate: • His or her name • His or her teachers • His or her classes • What he or she does in class Write about a classmate. Then use the checklist. 72
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