Overview of Long-term planning

Duration: From: January 18th

to February 19th

Group(s): 22 ( PEI )
Overview of the five-week period
(usually 4 classes per 9 day cycle)
LES: In Black Ink
During this unit, the students will work and learn about different historical black people as well as important events during
slavery.
Main goals:
Getting the students to become more aware of important people in black history while practicing writing speaking and
understanding. By the end of this unit, ss. Will be able to describe and answer questions on a specific person.
Reinvestment task/Final Task? Students will become experts in one particular historical black person (or an important
person in black history) and share it with their peers. They will also be able to write a biography of that person.
ESL Competencies to be developed:
C1: Interacts Orally In English
Evaluation Criteria:
Key Features targeted:
Participation in oral
Initiates, reacts to, maintains
interaction + Articulation of
and ends oral interaction.
the message

Observable evidence:
Use of English at all times +
accuracy of language

C2: Reinvests Understanding of Texts

Evaluation Criteria
Observable evidence
Key Features targeted
Evidence of comprehension Demonstration of understanding
Constructs meaning of texts.
of texts.
of texts.
C3: Writes and produces texts
Key Features targeted
Evaluation Criteria
Uses a personalized production Formulation of texts.
process.

Observable evidence
Accuracy of the language
repertoire.

Tools
Evaluation grid (Made by
me)

Tools
Handouts (Questions)

Tools
Evaluation grid (Made by
me)

Cross-curricular Competency (ies) Pick one that you will GIVE FEEDBACK ON
o Communicates appropriately
Targeted learning for this period (from Related Content/Progression of Learning
Language Repertoire: Functional language
Ask for / offer feedback
(List some expressions you will encourage students to Give opinion
use when interacting orally)
Language Repertoire: Vocabulary
Segregation, slavery, emancipation proclamation, to abolish,
(List vocabulary words you will focus on)
advocate, human rights, racism
Language Conventions: Focus on Form/Grammar
Focus on simple past (Explicitly) + review simple present (Explicitly
(Grammar and forms will you teach either explicitly or
and implicitly)
implicitly?)
Strategies: (List strategies you will teach students how Activate prior knowledge (They already know it)
to use and provide practice)
Develop cultural understanding

Dates: ______January 18th to February 19th ______

Group: ___22_________

4th period6: February 15th 3rd period5: February 9th 2nd period4: February 5th 1st period3: February 3rd 4th period2: January 27th

2nd period1: January 21st

Date

Goals

Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3

Activity 4

Evaluation

Materials?

Get introduced to
important people
of black history

Logos and
Faces

Do you
recognise
them?

Reading
Black
Historical
people

Handout
(Questions
about the
reading)

Participation
C2

Connecting
book
Projector
Computer
Handout

Understand the
link between
music and slavery
and be able to
decode the songs
and messages

Reading
The
Underground
Railroad

Listen to the
songs of
freedom

Analyse the
songs

Complete
grammar
handout

No.

Connecting
book
Speakers
Computer
Handout

Activate and
deepen prior
knowledge

Discuss
annotations
of Martin
Luther King's
speech

Listen to
Martin
Luther Kings
speech

Answer the
questions
about the
speech

Oral
interaction
(Handout
5-27)

Participation
C2

Connecting
book
Speakers
Computer
Handout

Video (If the

world were a
village of
100 people)

Explanations
of the project

Start working on the

project.

Give a general
view of possible
context they could
talk about in the
project.

Give time to the

students to gather
information and
learn about one
historical person.

See how much

they have learned
about their
assigned person

Eval. C1

No.

Projector
Computer
Explanation
sheet
Poster?

No.

Computer and
speakers to put
some music
while they work.

Evaluate C1
(Oral
presentation)
C3
(Biography)

Computer
Projector
Evaluation grids

Work on the project

Presentation of the project and deadline for the biography

1st period7: February 18th

Date

Goals

Activity 1

Finish and wrap up what

I have done with them
since the very beginning
and assure a smooth
transition between me
and my CT taking over
next class

Activity 2

(a couple minutes
can be used here if
some students
couldnt present last
class. )

Activity 3

Activity 4

Show the movie Selma

Evaluation

Materials?

Same as
previous class
if
presentations

Computer
Projector
Movie (Selma)
Speakers