Friday, October 5, 2007

Genre number 1

Well... I think I'm getting this project all figured out. Anyway, I think my first genre will be a short lesson plan. But this won't be just any lesson plan, this will be a content based lesson plan for a social studies class. I believe that social studies contain some of the most difficult material for ELLs to learn, because so much of it relies on cultural and historical knowledge. Therefore, my lesson plan will be designed to give the student some context and background knowledge of the subject matter before reading the material from the text book. This should help the student tremendously with the comprehension of the text.

GENRE:

CBI Lesson Plan

Potential Voice: Teacher

Potential Audience: Students

Rationale: This type of lesson would provide students with the context that they need to properly comprehend the reading of a social studies text book. By moving from activities and visuals to build context I will be able to lay a foundation for the students to refer to and build on while reading the required text.

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