Technology Lesson Plan: Describe a family picture with adjective clauses
Level: Intermediate (high)
Length: One class period to talk about the pictures and write the compositions (1 hour), another class period to type and insert the picture (1 hour).
Language objectives: Describe a scene using adjective clauses.
Computer/Technology skills (student):
1. Open Word.
2. Basic Editing.
3. Insert picture.
4. Save and print file.
Computer/Technology skills (teacher):
1. Scan pictures.
2. Move pictures to hard disk.
Previously taught: Adjective clauses. Chapter 12 Fundamentals of English Grammar
Procedure: For several days in advance, remind students to bring in a family picture. The best pictures for this exercise are pictures of a group of people who are doing things (at a party, for example.) Studio portraits are OK, though.
First day:
When most students have a picture to write about, show them a sample paragraph & picture [1], preferably of your family, so they know what they’re working toward.
Ask students to tell their group about the people in their picture without pointing. They need to describe the people in the picture and tell who they are. "The man who is playing the guitar is my husband. The child who is sitting on my lap is my daughter," etc.
After they have described their pictures, give students 30 minutes to write their composition. For students who don’t have a picture, ask them to think about a picture they could bring in the next day and describe it. If student is at a loss, give him/her a magazine picture to describe. They can write "imaginary" sentences about the people in the picture. "The woman who is sitting at the desk is a secretary…"
While students are writing, scan the pictures [2]. Save pictures on the hard disk (thaw space) [3]. If a student finishes early and is interested, you could show him/her how to do the scanning.
Collect and correct the compositions.
Second day
Return corrected compositions. Show students how to Open Word [4].
Show students how to:
increase the font size (make the story bigger) [7]
Print the stories and put them on the bulletin board!
Assessment: Evaluation of final product.
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Rubric |
score |
Rating scale |
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Not in paragraph form, errors interfere with comprehension, no adjective clauses |
1 |
1 — 2 not satisfactory |
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A variety of errors which don’t interfere with comprehension, no adjective clauses |
2 |
|
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Correct paragraph form, correct use of simple adjective clauses (describing location), a few errors |
3 |
3-4 satisfactory |
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Adjective clauses describe more than location, few errors, correct paragraph form |
4 |