ELL Level 1 Social Studies (High School)

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  • Students will study Geography and language in this course.  Below are the language standards and U.S. History units that we will study this year:

    Overarching ELL Standards for Every Unit:

    WIDA ELP Standard #1:  ELL students will communicate for Social and Instructional purposes within the school setting.

    WIDA ELP Standard #5:  ELL students will communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content of Social Studies

    Overarching Common Core Language Standards for Every Unit:

    Conventions of Standard English:

    1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
    2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

    Knowledge of Language:

    1. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.

    Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

    1. Determine of clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
    2. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
    3. Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering and unknown term important to comprehension or expression

  • Topic

    Time Frame (Estimated)

    Power Standard

    Language and Skills Targeted

    Tools of a Geographer: Mapping skills

     

     

     

    September & October

    The student will use maps, globes, geographic information systems and other sources of information to analyze the natures of places at a variety of scales

    Taking Cornell Notes

    Follow teacher read directions to locate items and places

    Map vocabulary: compass rose, grid square, map key, map scale, border, symbols, directions

    Prepositions

    Ask and answer questions for clarification

    Directions: North, south, east, west, up down, left, right, below, above,

    Imperative form of direction giving: “Take a…”, “Go one block…” 

    Landforms & Bodies of Water

     

     

    November

    The student will identify and locate major physical and cultural features that played an important role in the history of the U.S.

    Take Cornell notes to help comprehend the information

    Landforms and Bodies of Water vocabulary:  hill, mountain, hilltop, base, slope, peak, foot, knoll, base, peak, island, volcano, lava, ash, gas, desert, habitat, plain, canyon, valley, oceans, lakes, rivers, source, streams, mouth etc.

    Comparatives & superlatives

    Continents & Oceans

     

     

    December

    The student will demonstrate how various regional frameworks are used to analyze the variation in culture and human’s occupation of the Earth’s surface.

    Follow and give directions to locate items and places

    Continents  & Oceans vocabulary: globe, continent, ocean, North America, South America, Africa, Europe. Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean

    Comparatives & Superlatives

    And, or, but

    Same & Different

    United States: Great Plains, Mountain states, Pacific Region, Southwest 

    January

    The student will identify and locate major physical and cultural features that played an important role in the history of the U.S.

    Comparatives & Superlatives

    And, or, but

    Same & Different

     United States: Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, New England

    February

    The student will identify and locate major physical and cultural features that played an important role in the history of the U.S.

     

    Verb Phrases

    Word Order

    Compound Sentences

    Synthesizing

    Identifying

    Reading circle graphs

    Recognizing Chronological order

    Asia

     

    March

    The student will demonstrate how various regional frameworks are used to analyze the variation in culture and human’s occupation of the Earth’s surface.

    Multiple meanings

    Telling how much

    This, that, these, those

    Summarizing

    Evaluating

    Africa

    & Europe

     

     

    April

    The student will demonstrate how various regional frameworks are used to analyze the variation in culture and human’s occupation of the Earth’s surface.

    Verb phrases

    Confusing word pairs

    Comparative adverbs

    Infinitives

    Comparing

    Explaining

    Finding causes in history

    Latin America

     

    May

    The student will demonstrate how various regional frameworks are used to analyze the variation in culture and human’s occupation of the Earth’s surface.

    Figurative language

    Multiple meanings

    Homophones

    Phrases with “who and that”

    Passive verbs