Still Time to Teach a Little Vocabulary Before I go

This is the second week of school. I am teaching my students the following vocabulary words:

1.host

2. gracious

3. bromeliad/ orchid

4. ephiphytes

5. parasites

6. trunk

7.camoflauge

8. predator/prey

9. threat

10. mimicry

Most of these words have many meanings and therefore confuse the ELL who might have learned some of the meanings, but not the one necessary to understand the science curriculum.

Consider the following: “I found the caterpillar on the trunk,” said the scientist. In the mind of a second language learner he is thinking…”Ok, so where is the rest of the elephant?” or, “Why would anyone hide a caterpillar in the trunk of a car?”

To further familiarize the ESL teacher with this approach to language learning, I have included a lesson plan that can be downloaded from the Earthwatch EdNet Resources Library.

After taking a look at the lesson plans,read the stories the ELL students in grades 1-5 wrote, based on this experience. Link to student and teacher files.
or:
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http://studentandteacherfiles.blogspot.com/