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The lesson chosen is for my Second Grade class, ages 7 to 8 will be learning a lesson on the Statue of

Liberty.I choose this lesson because most of my children are from other countries and I wanted them to

know how important the statue is. The children will use the web to search informaiton on the Statue of

Liberty. Since the web can be accessed from home or library, this tool was chosen to make it easier for the

students. As KISS states in the readings. The instructions are written as clear as possible also to make sure

all students are on the same page and can reach the same goals, as stated in figure 10-16.To make it easy

for the students. Each page is broken down to how they will be taught and what they will need for the

lesson.The type of program that I will be teaching the class is (SI) the primary goal of this program is to

make my class comprehend the subject matter while at the same time develop their English proficiency

(Gandara, Moran& Garcia, 2004). The stage of language that my children are in is Speech Emergence; in

this stage, my children are able to speak longer phrases and complete sentences, however, because of their

age and lack of knowledge they are still experiencing frustration at not being able to express themselves.

completely (Richard-Amato, 1996). My children will learn the Humanistic Learning Theory. The

reason I choose this theory  is because I wanted the children to get a feel of how the immigrants

that came from other countries felt when they first took a glance at freedom. Perhaps even their

own families. In addition, because of the ages of my class, I wanted to motivate them by

researching the words and to have them see the importance of what those words mean. The affect

and the factors that go with those words. As in sheltered content I wanted them to have a

meaningful lesson as well as fun and informative.

Standards/Objectives to Be Taught: First Day of Lesson

• Children on the first day will learn some vocabulary words that are challenging but that will describe the meaning of liberty
• The words are
• Freedom
• Slavery
• Liberty
• Justice
• Equality
• They will also find the meaning on their dictionaries; they will right them in their own language and in English. They will also write these words in construction paper and display them on our board in front of our classroom.

Materials:

• Construction paper
• Markers
• Dictionary
• Pencils, crayons

On the second day of our lesson, our class watched a movie about coming to America. A

movie that they were all able to see and feel by the look on the faces of the immigrants how

proud and happy they were to be in a free country.

On the third day of our lesson, I asked the children to speak to their parents and share

some stories of how their family felt when they entered a free country. I also asked them to

bring pictures and we had a show and tell lesson.

On the fourth day, our class brought all American foods. We called it America the Beautiful

Lunch In and all the children tasted many American favorites.

For our fifth and final lesson day, I wanted to do something special for all the children , so

that day we all came to school in red white and blue. I had the children do a play for our

entire school on the statue of liberty and what it represents.

Motivation:

Teacher will speak about the importance of freedom and freedom. She will teach the children on

how important it is to be able to express themselves and be able to have freedom.

• Vocabulary words
• Show and Tell
• Lunch In
• Play

Directed Lesson:

Teacher will bring in different American foods that will give the student a visual of what she is

teaching them about American cuisine. She will also show a movie about people that have

entered this country from other countries.  She will get the students involved by asking parents

for information on their own experience on how they came to this country.

• The teacher will ask the students what they learned from the movie
• Teacher will ask how they feel after they saw the people in the movie
• Teacher will serve the lunch and see what the children like
• Teacher will put up all their pictures and drawings in the classroom

Guided Group Practice:

Teacher will ask the students how they liked the food

Teacher will ask the student to tell her what the difference is to live here from where they came

from.

Independent Practice:

• Children will be put in groups and will talk about what they like about this country and
• How much they have learned since they have been here.

Closure:

Teacher will close the lesson by asking the students these questions:

• What did you learn about Freedom?
• What makes this country different from any other country?
• What did you learn about the movie we all saw?
• What did you learn about food?
• Did they enjoy the play?

Evaluation:

Students will be evaluated on their knowledge of the words, comprehension of the movie the

foods the and the play. They will be evaluated on their creative work and imaginative work.

Teacher will also speak to the student about the importance of being good Americans of

the United States .

                In Conclusion, as with sheltered instruction, this lesson was designed to teach the

children the importance of vocabulary words, as well as understanding the differences when

coming from another country. In this lesson, I wanted to show the children how people respect

this country and honor it.

Rosa Lorenzo