Lesson Plans created as part of my follow-on
LANGUAGE ARTS

Compare/Contrast Essay

Objectives:
*Students will watch JFMF participant Mike Anderson’s video clip of school visitations.
*Students will write an outline following the Step Up to Writing format including: lunchtime, clean up, & after school activities
*Students will compare and contrast West Valley School in Montana with Mikatsuki School in Japan.
*Students will share essays during Open House, September 20,2007
EXAMPLES OF WORK
*Outline of assignment
*Sample pieces of student essay’s
*Bulletin board display

Watch these short video clips provided to me by Mike Anderson, a fellow Ogi group member. They were viewed by the students prior to their writing assignments. Thanks, Mike!

To view the clips, you will need a copy of Quicktime. Go to this site for a free download: Apple Quicktime

 

Pen Pals/ Friendly Letter Format

Objectives:
*Students will write to an assigned Pen Pal from Karyo Junior High School in Japan.
*Students will follow the “Friendly Letter” format in the text Write Source 2000.
*Students will include the relative location of Montana (geography)
*Students will include Japanese words
EXAMPLES OF WORK
*Outline of assignment
*Sample pieces of student letters

*E-mail response from Asahi Kiyota, English teacher at Karyo Junior High School.
 

Haiku

Haiku is a type of Japanese poetry, Haiku are short poems that usually describe nature and a fleeting moment in time; they often contain a reference to a season of the year called kigo.
Objectives:
*Students will hear and read examples of Haiku.
*Students will write Haiku poems.
Sample handouts: Haiku 1-3
Sources:
Enchantedlearning.com
McDougal Littell Inc.

 
 

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