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Reading & writing
Immigration: Ellis Island
September 19, 2015
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by Caitlin Fahey

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Immigration: Ellis Island

by Caitlin Fahey
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Grade
Fourth GradeFifth Grade
Subject
Reading & writingReading Non-FictionNon-Fiction ComprehensionNon-Fiction Comprehension QuestionsEvidence-based Questioning in Non-FictionDetails in Non-Fiction TextsFeatures of Non-Fiction TextsNon-Fiction Text ExamplesWriting ProcessIdeas and TopicsTopic Focus in WritingWriting OrganizationSupporting Ideas with Evidence in WritingGenre WritingCreative WritingNarrative Writing
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RF.4.4.a SL.4.4 W.4.2.b W.4.4
English Language Arts and Reading Grade 3 3.9.D.ii 3.9.D.i 3.11.B.ii 3.12.A Grade 4 4.9.D.ii 4.9.D.i 4.11.B.ii 4.12.A Grade 5 5.9.D.ii 5.9.D.i 5.11.B.ii 5.12.A
English Grade Three R.3.6.c R.3.6.d Grade Four W.4.7.f W.4.7.i Grade Five W.5.7.h W.5.7.d
English Language Arts Grade 3 3.3 2.2 Grade 4 3.2 Grade 5 3.2
English Language Arts Grade 3 3.2.B.1 2.4.C.2 Grade 4 2.1.C.1 Grade 5 4.3.A.1 4.3.B.1
English Year 3 ACELA1790.a ACELY1680.d Year 4 ACELY1692.e ACELT1607.a ACELY1694.c Year 5 ACELT1798.a ACELY1704.b
English Level 3 RV.VCELA247.1 RV.VCELY257.4 W.VCELT264.1 Level 4 RV.VCELY288.5 W.VCELT298.1 W.VCELY299.3 Level 5 W.VCELT327.1 W.VCELY329.2

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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to understand the process for immigrants traveling through Ellis Island into the United States.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
  • Display pictures of Ellis Island on the board for students.
  • Explain that an immigrant is a person who leaves another country to move to a new one.
  • Ask if any students have heard of Ellis Island to see if any students have background knowledge.
  • If this does not trigger interest, ask if any students are immigrants or if any have family members who are.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

(10 minutes)
  • Hand out the Ellis Island worksheet.
  • Show photos of Ellis Island in the early 1900s and as it is now.
  • Read the worksheet with your students, and direct them to underline important information and vocabulary.

Guided Practice

(20 minutes)
  • Have students work with partners to answer the questions at the bottom of the worksheet.
  • Ask them to write down 5 facts from the article on the back of the worksheet.
  • Review your students' work, and have each student list one interesting fact he learned from the worksheet.

Independent working time

(20 minutes)
  • Hand out the Ellis Island interview worksheet.
  • Read the instructions, and have your students independently work on the survey.
  • Direct your students to write a journal entry from the point of view of a child their age who went across the Atlantic Ocean to go to Ellis Island.
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Differentiation

  • Enrichment: Have students use 5-8 new vocabulary words in their entries, and direct them to write a parallel journal entry from the point of view of an immigration official.
  • Support: Have students write a journal entry of 5 sentences with a drawing of Ellis Island.

Assessment

(5 minutes)
  • As you walk around the room, check to make sure that your students are using facts from the worksheet to back up their journal entries.

Review and closing

(15 minutes)
  • Have students share their entries aloud.

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