Ben and Moby discuss the problem of endangered species and what is done to help save them. As students learn about the animals, they also learn to identify and practice the passive voice in the present simple.
Language Objectives
Students will:
- Identify Active and Passive Voice using sentence strips or an interactive board.
- Identify sentences in the movie that use the Present Simple Passive tense.
- Identify problems and solutions in the movie.
- Match the three forms of verbs on a chart.
- Use Present Simple Passive sentences to describe a picture.
- Change sentences from Active to Passive voice.
- Build sentences with the Present Simple Passive.
Content Objectives
Students will:
- Discuss endangered species.
- Determine the meaning of the word habitat from examples and by forming conceptual connections.
- Complete a graphic organizer to predict the meaning of new words, based on prior knowledge and Words to Know.
- Create a Word Map with one of the designated new words.
- Sort new vocabulary words by part of speech in a Closed Word Sort.
- Conduct a mini-research project about an endangered animal species.
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clap (v)
danger (n)
-endanger (v)
-dangerous (adj)
destroy (v)
die (v)
-dead (adj)
-death (n)
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extinct (adj)
fish / fish (n)
habitat (n)
ice (n)
kill (v)
law (n)
melt (v)
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penguin (n)
save (v)
-safe (adj)
-safely (adv)
-safety (n)
seal (n)
species / species (n)
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Students will:
- Complete a problem-solution graphic organizer as a class.
- Read a passage about rainforests and endangered species, and identify the problem and solution signal words.
- Reread the passage with a partner and complete a problem-solution graphic organizer.
- Identify the enrichment vocabulary: ivory, land, percent, rainforest, reason, tusks.
- Answer comprehension questions.
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Students will:
- Organize their ideas for a problem-solution essay using a graphic organizer.
- Write a problem-solution essay using problem-solution signal words.
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 L3U1L1 Lesson Plans (3 Sessions)
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Images of a penguin, a seal, a fish, several fish
Fish Food Chain
Student Progress Tracker
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| Three 45-minute sessions
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