The Buffalo Are Back by J. George introduction and digital vocabulary ppt study
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Description
Purpose: "The Buffalo are Back" by Elizabeth Craighead George: this introductory lesson provides digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. Fun facts, photo visuals, and video clips support the story details. The lesson also includes vocabulary study, practice, and assessment.
BL 4.9
GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards
AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeshool classrooms
PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.
POWERPOINT:
• Opening slide
-genre, author photo and short bio.
-author video
-narrative nonfiction video
• Setting slide
-Location photos and map
Additional videos on the following:
-animals and grasses from the plains
-sounds of the lark and panpipes
-sounds of the prairie dog and buffalo
-famous people and Sitting Bull Video
• Vibrant Vocab slides(flourished, extinct, fragile, crumbled, drought, imbalance, rippled, ecosystem)
-bold photos appear without word for inference making
-vocab word 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word
-part of speech
-concise definition
• Differentiated Worksheet/Answer Key-used as a pretest, posttest, or practice
• Quizlet practice link
• Part of speech sort and word connotation discussion
• Vocabulary assessment
•Word Study
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation
PRINTABLE USES: Worksheets, word walls, interactive notebooks
Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.
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