Using the 5 W's

This lesson will provide your ELs with support as they learn about nouns and practice retelling a story with a 5 W's graphic organizer. This lesson can be used as a stand alone activity or a support lesson.

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This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the What Happened? lesson plan.

This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the What Happened? lesson plan.

Objectives

Academic

Students will be able to retell a story.

Language

Students will be able to retell a story with nouns using a 5 W's graphic organizer.

Introduction

(5 minutes)

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Activate prior knowledge by displaying a photograph of children playing at the beach, in the woods, or at the playground.
Project the Star Story Organizer worksheet on the board.
Ask students to offer ideas about whats going on in the picture. Use active questioning (5 W's) and record their ideas on the Star Story Organizer.
Explain to the students that today they will be reading a story and figuring out what is happening in the story, using the 5 W's.

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