Crime: Writing and Students
T&L 818:Thematic Unit
Fall 2003- Dr. Paul Garcia
By: Connie Ubben and Aaron Faulkner
Theme: CRIME
Purpose: The lessons designed for this unit are intended as a guide to help students work in a communicative classroom environment making connections with different aspects of crime that blends listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Grade Level: This thematic unit is intended for adult ESL students in the intermediate level, but can also be used in high school (9-12th) intermediate and advanced level classrooms. With modifications the lessons could be made adaptable to the skill levels of younger ESL students.
Thematic Unit ESL Goals:
• Goal 1, Standard 3-To use English to communicate in social settings:
Students will use learning strategies to extend their communicative competence. • Goal 2, Standard 2-To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use English to obtain, process, construct, and provide subject matter information in spoken and written form.
• Goal 3, Standard 3-To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways: Students will use the appropriate learning strategies to extend their sociolinguistic and sociocultural competence.
Unit Language Learning Strategies:
Direct Strategies:
Memory Strategies-Creating mental linkage by: grouping, associating/elaborating, and placing new words into a context.
Cognitive Strategies-Practicing, recombining, and practicing naturalistically; Analyzing and reasoning
Compensation Strategies-Guessing intelligently using linguistic clues: Overcoming limitations in speaking and writing.
Indirect Strategies:
Metacognitive Strategies: Centering learning
Affective Strategies: Encouraging yourself
Social Strategies: Asking questions, cooperating with others, and empathizing with others
We believe the activities and lessons in this unit are adaptable for students everywhere; teachers are encouraged to expand on the ideas.
Crime
Index
LESSON 1-Introduction and Crime Vocabulary
LESSON
Fall 2003- Dr. Paul Garcia
By: Connie Ubben and Aaron Faulkner
Theme: CRIME
Purpose: The lessons designed for this unit are intended as a guide to help students work in a communicative classroom environment making connections with different aspects of crime that blends listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Grade Level: This thematic unit is intended for adult ESL students in the intermediate level, but can also be used in high school (9-12th) intermediate and advanced level classrooms. With modifications the lessons could be made adaptable to the skill levels of younger ESL students.
Thematic Unit ESL Goals:
• Goal 1, Standard 3-To use English to communicate in social settings:
Students will use learning strategies to extend their communicative competence. • Goal 2, Standard 2-To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use English to obtain, process, construct, and provide subject matter information in spoken and written form.
• Goal 3, Standard 3-To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways: Students will use the appropriate learning strategies to extend their sociolinguistic and sociocultural competence.
Unit Language Learning Strategies:
Direct Strategies:
Memory Strategies-Creating mental linkage by: grouping, associating/elaborating, and placing new words into a context.
Cognitive Strategies-Practicing, recombining, and practicing naturalistically; Analyzing and reasoning
Compensation Strategies-Guessing intelligently using linguistic clues: Overcoming limitations in speaking and writing.
Indirect Strategies:
Metacognitive Strategies: Centering learning
Affective Strategies: Encouraging yourself
Social Strategies: Asking questions, cooperating with others, and empathizing with others
We believe the activities and lessons in this unit are adaptable for students everywhere; teachers are encouraged to expand on the ideas.
Crime
Index
LESSON 1-Introduction and Crime Vocabulary
LESSON