Topic: Frogs & Toads OPL: Intermediate

SELD 5 Day Lesson Plan

Function: Classify, Compare & Contrast

Form: verb tenses , positive negative statements, comparatives

Language Objective: Students will be able to explain how to compare and contrast two animals using present tense verbs and positive and negative statements.

Daily Objective- Students will be able to develop background knowledge about frogs and toads.

Day 1 -Steps

I DO IT: Share lesson objective and discuss students prior knowledge about frogs and toads. Introduce academic language of compare and contrast (similarities and differences)

What do you know about frogs/toads?

WE DO IT: Guided Read- teach topic vocabulary

Turtles, Toads and Frogs

by George S. Fichter Pages 21-35

YOU DO IT:

Share out a did you know questions.

Did you know that frogs/toads ______________?

Did you know that the ears of a frog/toad are called tympani?

Teacher charts student questions

Students use their language log to record one Did you know… questions.

Topic: Frogs & Toads OPL: Intermediate

SELD 5 Day Lesson Plan

Function: Classify, Compare & Contrast

Form: verb tenses , positive negative statements, comparatives

Language Objective: Students will be able to explain how to compare and contrast two animals using present tense verbs and positive and negative statements.

Daily Objective: Students will be able to use topic vocabulary in order to describe frogs and toads using simple positive and negative statements.

Day 2-Steps

I DO IT: Show pictures of a frog and toad use them to create a double-bubble chart. Re-visiting topic vocabulary to describe Similarities and Differences (compare and contrast).

WE DO IT: Introduce sentence frames w/ choral repeat.

A (frog/toad) has _________.

A (frog/toad) does not have ___________.

(Frogs/Toads) have ___________.

(Frogs/Toads) do not have ___________.

YOU DO IT: Partner share using the sentence frames at least once. Use your Language Log to write one sentence you shared. Whole group share out.

Topic: Frogs & Toads OPL: Intermediate

SELD 5 Day Lesson Plan

Function: Classify, Compare & Contrast

Form: verb tenses , positive negative statements, comparatives

Language Objective: Students will be able to explain how to compare and contrast two animals using present tense verbs and positive and negative statements.

Daily Objective: Students will be able to use present tense vocabulary to compare and contrast a frog and toad.

Day 3-Steps

I DO IT: Revisiting the double bubble chart focus on differences. Ask the questions: What can and can’t a frog/ toad do? What do you and don’t you see on a frog/toad? Introduce new vocabulary: see, can, can’t, doesn't go and don’t see.

Share a few samples: I see large bumps on the toads ears.

I don’t see large bumps on a frogs ear.

A leopard frog can be green or brown.

A toad can’t cause warts.

WE DO IT: Introduce the new sentences frames that use the new vocabulary.

A (frog/toad) ______ __________. * chart a few samples and coral

can repeat with students. can’t

doesn’t go

I _____ _______ on the (frog/toad). see

don’t see

YOU DO IT: Give students the opportunity to create their own sentences using the frames (In Language Log or Orally). Then using a talking stick allow for share out. Discuss the idea of differences

Topic: Frogs & Toads OPL: Intermediate

SELD 5 Day Lesson Plan

Function: Classify, Compare & Contrast

Form: verb tenses , positive negative statements, comparatives

Language Objective: Students will be able to explain how to compare and contrast two animals using present tense verbs and positive and negative statements.Daily objective: Students will be able to use comparatives to determine what both toads and frogs have and do not have.

Day 4-Steps

I DO IT: Start off by posing the question: How are frogs and toads similar? Or in other words, How are they alike?

WE DO IT: Create a T chart that will show what both frogs and toads have and don’t have. Revisiting the double bubble chart ask students to help you identify these items. Refer to them as similarities and differences.

Introduce sentence frames that use both animals.

Both frogs and toads _________ _____________. have

do not have

can

can’t

Both toads and frogs ________ ___________, _________ and _________. have

do not have

can

can’t

YOU DO IT: My Turn your Turn - How are frogs and toads similar? Partner repeats partners sentence. Whole group – one partner shares a sentence their partner gave. Students write a sentence using the frame of choice in their language log.

Topic: Frogs & Toads OPL: Intermediate

SELD 5 Day Lesson Plan

Function: Classify, Compare & Contrast

Form: verb tenses , positive negative statements, comparatives

Language Objective: Students will be able to explain how to compare and contrast two animals using present tense verbs and positive and negative statements.Daily objective: Students will be able to generate sentences that express the differences between frogs and toads.

Day 5-Steps

I DO IT: Refer back to T chart and pose a new discussion question: What are some differences between frogs and toads? Introduce new sentence frames.

Frogs have ________ but, toads don’t.

They are different because frogs are _________ and toads are _________. have have

WE DO IT: Students prepare for lines of communication. Teacher gives an example. Using the question: What are some differences between frogs and toads?

Allow students to play until you hear repeating ideas.

YOU DO IT: Using sentence frames from the past several lessons do a think-pair-share to compare and contrast frogs and toads. Students may want to use think time to write down ideas in their Language Log.

NEXT STEPS: Students use present tense verbs and positive and negative statements to write a compare and contrast paragraph about two different animals. A teacher would need to model such a paragraph.