Resource Overview
Written and scaffolded for ELL, students experience the pollution of a river over time through an interactive story, and they follow along by completing the narration on their own printed story.
Students will be able to:
- Name two ways that people affect the health of a river.
- Identify how the health and use of rivers has changed over time.
- Propose methods for preventing and cleaning up water pollution.
- Identify vocabulary words relating to river pollution from audio practice.
- Describe geographical features and human activities relating to rivers.
- Answer hypothetical questions about how they would interact with polluted water.
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
- Cooperative learning exercise for young ELLs on water pollution
- Printable vocabulary cards with images provided
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