Digital Learning and Accessibility
Digital Learning and Accessibility

Digital Learning and Accessibility

Revised Lesson: Exploring Descriptive Language with an Intro to Rhyming Words

descriptive words

Original lesson:  pages 41-45. ELA lesson By Ms. Rogers.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Read and determine content-specific language.
  2. Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
  3. Produce rhyming words.
  4. Identify descriptive language.

Materials:

Digital Tools:

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  • Laptop
  • Google Classroom
  • Google Slides 
  • The Internet
  • i-Ready

Lesson Outline

Section 1: Introduction (15 minutes)

Objective: Engage students and introduce key concepts.

  • Activity: Display an interactive slideshow with images and audio descriptions of weather conditions (sunny, stormy, etc.).
  • Discussion: Ask students what kinds of weather they think of when they hear certain descriptive words.
  • Materials: Interactive slideshow, digital projector.

Section 2: Vocabulary Exploration (20 minutes)

Objective: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

  • Activity: Students will access a digital worksheet via their tablets or computers. The worksheet will include a vocabulary list and a word bank.
  • Task: Students will classify words under “Stormy” or “Sunny” by dragging and dropping them into the correct column.
  • Materials: Digital worksheets, tablets/computers.

Section 3: Reading Activity (30 minutes)

Objective: Read and determine content-specific language.

  • Activity: Students will read “When the Moon is Full” using an online reader that includes text-to-speech and highlighting features for accessibility.
  • Discussion: After reading, students will discuss in pairs the descriptive language used in the book.
  • Materials: Online reader with accessibility features.

Section 4: Writing Activity (20 minutes)

Objective: Create a word bank and write sentences.

  • Activity: Students will complete a digital worksheet to create a word bank of weather-related words. They will then use two words to write sentences, underlining each weather word.
  • Support: Provide sentence starters and a digital dictionary to help with unfamiliar words.
  • Materials: Digital worksheet, online dictionary.

Section 5: How’s the Weather Guessing Game? (15 minutes)

  • Objective:  To deepen retention of learning with an engaging game.
  • Activity: Interactive guessing game in which students get asked how’s the weather. They have 10 rounds to respond and guess correctly.
  • Materials: The Internet. Games4esl.com

Section 6: Assessment and Reflection (10 minutes)

Objective: Assess understanding and retention.

  • Activity: Students will complete a short quiz on the content covered using i-Ready.
  • Reflection: Students will share one thing they learned about descriptive language and rhyming words.

Materials: i-Ready, reflection worksheet.

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