Instructional Session 29
Objective: By the end of class, you will be able to… Beginner: say phrases or sentences in French to give information about the Grand Est region, using the class text to say more Intermediate: say a series of sentences in French to give information about the Grand Est region, using the class text to say more and using transitions to organize your information Advanced: say a well-organized informational paragraph in French to give information about the Grand Est region, using the class text to say more and using transitions to organize your information and restate content-specific words in simpler terms to teach new vocabulary to the reader Preparation: You come now to the expert group reading day, when you will read the Expert Group Pages on the first subtopic (in this example, the Grand Est region of France) together as a class, and model the process that students will later complete with their Expert Group, using an Expert Group Page on one of the other subtopics (in this example, either the Normandy, Corsica, or Nouvelle-Aquitaine region). This lesson is basically one long, extended Reading Workshop, and therefore we will not follow the usual daily framework. You have, by now, provided quite a lot of input about the first subtopic. You looked at pictures of the Grand Est region, and all the regions, in the Picture Inquiry Chart in Session 23. You read a Big Book on the Grand Est region in Session 24. You taught basic information about the Grand Est, and all the regions, using the Visual Syllabus in Session 25. You taught more details on the Grand Est, specifically about facts from the Shape and Concept Categories (Geography, Important Cultural Sites, Economy, and Cuisine), using a Pictorial Input Chart in Session 26. You reviewed key terms from the Pictorial Input Chart on the Grand Est using the Word Card Review strategy in Session 27. And, finally, you used a video clip on the Grand Est in Session 28 using the Reverse Movie Talk strategy. Additionally, if you have implemented the suggestions in Reading Workshop in Sessions 27 and 28, you have already previewed the Expert Group Page on the Grand Est (or your first subtopic) to prepare for this lesson. In this session, you will lead students through their first Expert Group Page reading, teaching and modeling strategies that they will use when they work with their own expert pages. You are advised to run off copies of the pages for each student, or provide some other individual response format, for example, perhaps a Desmos lesson, or a Peardeck or Nearpod slide, if teaching via computer. Once you work through this reading together, your students will be very familiar with this process, and they will then to apply it to their own Expert Group Page that they will read later as a group with their little expert group of three kids.
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