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City of Orange Township Board Of Education

Jefferson Township Schools

Grade: 5

Thematic Unit: Who Am I?

Time frame: Jan 16 - June

Enduring Understanding: Students will understand how to communicate about themselves and others and analyze their interactions with their surroundings. They will understand that culture influences the art, literature, music and leisure activities of a society and this promotes an awareness of diverse beliefs in a global context.

Essential questions: How do I describe myself? How do I see and describe others? How are the sports and leisure activities in the target culture similar and different to my own?

Objectives: SWBAT describe themselves and their friends and they will be able to tell which sports and activities they like to do. They will be able to construct a simple letter in the target language

NJ Standards/Progress Indicator NM: 7.1.A. 2,3,4,5 7.1.B. 2, 3, 4, 5 7.1.C. 2, 3, 4

Scope and Sequence

Instructional Activities

Culture

Content

Connections

Grammatical

Structure

Assessment

Teacher

Resources

What I’m like:

*Teacher will introduce new vocabulary (tall, short, pretty, handsome, age, eye color, hair color, intelligent, shy, serious, athletic, funny, active, friendly, kind, silly, hard-working, artistic)

(7.1.A.2,4; 7.1.B.4)

*Teacher will review gender agreement between adjectives and nouns and word placement order and students will practice these structures and the new vocabulary through repetition in games, activities and guided conversation and questions.

(7.1.A.2,3,4; 7.1.B.2,4,5)

*Students will practice describing other students in the class. They will play the “Guessing game”. The teacher will describe a student in the class. Students may draw the person, then they need to guess who it is.

(7.1.A.2,4,5; 7.1.B.2,4,5; 7.1.C.2,4)

What I like to do:

*Teacher will introduce the new vocabulary: football, baseball, basketball, soccer, skiing/snowboarding, swimming, reading, chess, video games, gymnastics and karate. (These should be tailored to suit the interests of the students) Students will learn what the favorite sports are in the target countries.

(7.1.A.2,3,4,5; 7.1.B.2,4,5)

*Students will review new vocabulary by playing games such as the fly-swatter/duster game.

They will state likes or dislikes as balls are gently tossed around the classroom.

(7.1.A.2,4,5; 7.1.B.2,4,5)

*Students will interview their fellow students about their favorite activities and graph the results.

(7.1.A.2,5: 7.1.B.2,4,5)

*Teacher will show the students how to say a telephone number in the target language and practice.

(7.1.A.2,4,5; 7.1.B.2,4)

*Students will work with a partner to present a telephone dialogue to the class.

(7.1.A.2,3,4,5; 7.1.B.2,3,4,5; 7.1.C.2)

This is what I’m like:

*Teacher will explain the “Who Am I?” activity and provide assistance as needed. Students will write descriptive sentences about themselves and then draw a picture.

(7.1.A.2,4,5; 7.1.B.2,3,4,5)

*Students will present the “Who Am I?” activity to the class.

(7.1.A.2; 7.1.B.2,5; 7.1.C.2,4)

Pen pal letters

*Teacher will model how to write a letter to a pen pal from White Rock School. She will review the importance of punctuation, accent marks, etc. Students will write and send their pen pal letters to White Rock School. When pen pal letters have been returned to them from White Rock School, they will read them in class, reviewing the target vocabulary.

(7.1.A.2,3,4,5; 7.1.B.2,3,5; 7.1.C.3,4)

Carnival

Holy Week and Easter

History of chocolate

Monarch migration

Cinco de mayo

(7.1.A.5; 7.1.B.5)

There are physical differences between natives from different cultures.

Cognates are an important and useful vocabulary concept in many languages

Cognates are an important and useful vocabulary concept in many languages

Different cultures have different toys and sports/leisure activities.

The role of sports in the target country may be different than in the U.S.

Every culture has specific telephone etiquette.

Greetings vary from region to region in the target country

Every culture has specific telephone etiquette.

Greetings vary from region to region in the target country

Review

letter writing in the target language (date, greeting, closing and punctuation)

There are many cultural activities and celebrations related to the target country

that occur during this time.

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Language Arts: Parts of speech

Art:

Coloring pictures and drawing descriptions

Social Studies: Students will draw and describe family members

Language Arts:

*Reading and writing descriptive sentences

Art:

Coloring pictures and drawing descriptions

Physical Education:

Ball toss

Math:

*Graphing the classes’ favorite sport

*Number practice

Math: Students will learn how to group numbers to say a telephone number

Language Arts: *Students will write about themselves in the target language

*Adjectives

Art: drawing

Drama:

“Who Am I?” presentations

Language Arts: Writing and reading pen pal letters

Social Studies: Cultural celebrations and holidays around the world

Technology:

*Movies

*Power point presentations

tall, short, pretty, handsome, age, eye color, hair color, intelligent, shy, serious, athletic, funny, active, friendly, kind, silly, hard-working, artistic, musical

1. What are you like?

2. Are you tall/short?

3. Are you funny/serious?

3. What color is your hair/eyes?

4. What is he/she like?

5. Is he/she tall/short?

6. What color is his/her hair/eyes?

7. How old are you?

1. I am . . .

2. He/She is . . .

3. My hair is . . .

4. He/She has . . .

5. I am ___years old.

tall, short, pretty, handsome, age, eye color, hair color, intelligent, shy, serious, athletic, funny, active, friendly, kind, silly, hard-working, artistic, musical








7. How old are you?

1. I am . . .

2. He/She is . . .

3. My hair is . . .

4. He/She has . . .


*Noun-gender agreement

*Adjective placement








7. How old are you?

1. I am . . .

2. He/She is . . .

3. My hair is . . .

4. He/She has . . .

5. I see . . .


To play

Football, basketball, soccer, skiing, swimming, chess, reading, etc.

1. What do you like to do?

2. Do you like to ski?

3. I like to . . .

4. No, I don’t like to. . .

To play



3. I like to . . .

4. No, I don’t like to. .

To play



3. I like to . . .


Numbers 0-10

1. What is your telephone number?

2. My telephone number is . . .

telephone

To play



3. I like to . . .


1. I am . . .

2. I am ____ years old.

3. I live in . . .

4. My hair is . . .

5. My eyes are . . .

6. I like to . . .

1. I am . . .

2. I am ____ years old.

3. I live in . . .

4. My hair is . . .

5. My eyes are . . .

6. I like to . . .

Greeting: dear

Closing: sincerely or appropriate

My name is . . .

What is your name?

I am ____ years old.

How old are you?

I look like . . .

What do you look like?

I like to play . . .

What do you like to play?

My favorite color is . . .

What is your favorite color?

My pet is . . .

Do you have a pet?

chocolate

cacao tree

Formative:

Oral evaluation

Formative:

Oral evaluation

Formative:

Guessing Game

Formative:

Student interviews to determine friends’ favorite sport/activity

Summative:

Skit presentation

using telephones

Formative:

Written “Who Am I?” activity

Summative: Presentation of

“Who Am I?” activity

Summative:

Students will write and read

pen pal letters (comprehension, vocabulary and punctuation)

Formative: Oral evaluation

Hand outs with descriptive words

Transparencies

Word search/puzzle

Puzzlemaker.com


Transparencies

Word search/puzzle

Puzzlemaker.com


Blank pictures of people for students to color

Magic box

Picture cards

Fly swatters/feather dusters

Soft nerf-like balls (soccer, football, basketball, etc)

Magic box

Picture cards

Fly swatters/feather dusters

Soft nerf-like balls (soccer, football, basketball, etc)

Word search

Puzzlemaker.com

Picture cards

Inside-outside handout

Pencils

Clip boards to write on

Mini whiteboards/markers or chalkboards/chalk

Dialogue hand outs

Play telephones

Pencils

“Who Am I” hand out

Overhead projector/transparencies

Crayons

Pen pal template

Blank paper

Pencils

Overhead projector

Movies

Power point presentation

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