Resource Overview
Written and scaffolded for ELL, an apple is sliced into pieces to model the amount of agricultural land being used on Earth while students use a word bank to complete a written narration.
Students will be able to:
- State what percentage of the Earth is made up of water, habitable land, inhospitable land, developed land, and agricultural land.
- Discuss threats to agricultural land and soil health.
- Use vocabulary words for common geographical features and agriculture in small group conversations and in a class discussion.
- Listen for words from a word bank to write in the blank spaces of a narrative as it’s read aloud.
- Orally describe geographical features found around the world.
Features of This Resource
- TESOL lesson plan, includes a greater focus on practicing English-language speaking, writing, listening and reading
- Scaffolded for L2, L3 and L4 levels of language proficiency
- Updated as of October 2021! New apple fractions and a close reading article on erosion
- Students consider risks to farmland and soil health
- Opportunity to practice ordinal numbers (like first, second, third, etc.)
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