Lesson plan meryl siegal sharing your vacation send a postcard. If you want to download you have to send your own contributions. Your school district may already have a template, or you can use a general lesson plan template as you work through creating your lesson plans. This lesson plan will allow you to add fun experiences to your literacy lessons. Postcard writing lesson plan template and teaching resources. Students will be able to use complete sentences to talk to a partner and write about weather patterns found in the different seasons.
Cognitive closure when students are finished with their post card, they will read their message to the class or group and show their picture. This could be tried in groups and children could have competitions to see who can find the places in the. Using structured postcards and cues, then real postcards imagining that they are in a place illustrated. Palm pointe educational research school made a postcard school project for make a difference day. Making community postcards depicting scenes from their. How to write a postcard lesson plan for esl students. Students must write a descriptive letter on the back of their postcard, which states who the postcard is addressed to, the place where you are writing from, and. Completed postcards could make a great classroom display what about hanging them on strings so you can see both sides. I got my class to plan writing their postcards and then they used their plans to design and create a postcard using 2simple software. Judith caseleys dear annie is used in the lesson and a list of other books is included.
My students have always been very fond of this activity as they dont have to write too much and it involves a certain level of communication and imagination. Postcards worksheet with two different aspects to a holiday one negative, one positive and real postcards from all over the world. A set of three lesson plans and a writing frame of postcards, differentiated for 3 levels. Postcards from various places and art done by artists depicting community scenes. Writing lesson plans ensures that you are addressing the requirements of the curriculum, effectively planning teaching time, and using the best strategies to address student needs. Writing holiday postcards using the present and past tenses. How to write a postcard writing, writing practice, type of writing. It can be used to practise the past simple, as well as basic present perfect simple sentences if desired. Postcards chain writing consequences game worksheet 1 writing task. A postcard from new york learnenglish teens british council. Pdf lesson planreadingauthentic materials postcards.
Thank you so much this was a great resource and can easily be adapted to suit any. The postcard creator helps students learn to identify all the typical parts of a postcard, and then generate their own postcard. These weather postcards also allow kids to practice writing skills. Ask each student to make a postcard for their school. Match the pictures to the places, the countries, things to do and the food. It was a bilingual project and the children wrote the postcards in french and translated them in english. My fifth grade students at rains elementary school were assigned a letter writing activity email was also used. After the tour is concluded, head back to the classroom and hand out postcardsize cardstock to students. Then send your curated collection to your children, or put together your own custom lesson plan. Articles cover topics from english grammar, spelling and punctuation, through to language teaching, career development, specialisations, and ideas and suggestions for the classroom. Apr 30, 2017 some examples of postcards and a useful link.
It is part of 10 guidelines for planning units, which provides strategies for efficiently putting together all of your teaching plans. Youll need a stack of postcards one or two for each student. Postcards from the past lesson plan united states mint. Learn phrases and themes used in holiday postcards, basic things they could write about them.
Teach your class about a naturally engaging and realworld style of writing. Have students create their postcards using pencil and paper or a digital tool that allows them to combine images and text. Get your hands on a customizable lesson plan postcard from zazzle. Using postcards as a teaching tool can be a fun learning experience. Students write a postcard to loved ones from camp cyclorama where the. Descriptive fictional postcard writing teaching resources. The good news is beginning level writing does not have to be disconnected from reality. Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers. Writingteaching englishenglish literaturelesson plan templates. The writing a postcard esl activity is designed for beginner and lower intermediate classes. This sample lesson plan is a model for how you can structure an individual lesson. We have a writing activity that will showcase artistic skills and teach the kids a little character lesson too.
Note that some postcards have pictures on one side. This resource is perfect for a ks1 lesson on writing narratives about personal experiences for the. Next class we will start designing and creating our postcards. Find a large selection of sizes and shapes for your postcard needs. The powerpoint helps to explain what needs to be included on a postcard and also provides suggestions about what the children might write on a postcard. In this lesson, students will create fictional postcards to show how a single person viewed the past. In this lesson, students will create fictional postcards to show how a single. Postcards lesson plan is suitable for 1st 6th grade. Get your students thinking about experiences they may have had getting. Compose a friendly letter in the first person to parents. During the winter, my kids spend more time in our art studio creating lots of art. Next, students arrange to have penpals by writing to family members and friends, asking them to send back postcards of the places where they live.
Great resource, not having to design my own postcards saved me a lot of time. Once letters are mailed, students share the postcards they receive with the class as they arrive. Use this lesson plan to teach your english as a second language esl students. Write the following questions for them to think about on the board. Use this printable worksheet on its own, or in conjunction with the powerpoint postcards slide show lesson. Thank you so much this was a great resource and can easily be adapted to suit any class. If you can get your hands on some cheap postcards or have some laying around your house or teachers office, try out this simple esl writing activity. Completed postcards can be mailed to the national constitution center, 525 arch street, philadelphia, pa 19106, where they will be distributed to veterans through the thankavet program. Using claude monets on the bank of the seine as inspiration, young artists create their own postcards. After printing their texts, students can illustrate the front of their postcards in a variety of ways, including drawing, collage, and stickers. Postcards from the past lesson plan creative educator. Meryl siegal sharing your vacation send a postcard.
The powerpoint shows students what needs to be included in a postcard in a fun, creative and friendly way. Students should use these ideas to write and draw a rough draft that they can share. Writing a postcard esl activity efl esl activities. Postcards esol writing exercise if youre looking for a simple, fun esl writing activity, then you may want to consider having your students write some postcards. Explain that a shorter way to write a letter is to use a postcard. Students will then analyze the range of perspectives in all class postcards to gain a deeper understanding of history.
The postcard creator helps students learn to identify all the typical parts of a postcard, and then generate their own postcard messages by typing information into letter templates. Use this printable worksheet on its own, or in conjunction with the powerpoint. These weather postcards also offer writing practice. Printable lesson plan on writing holiday postcards teachnology. During the lesson, learners discuss the techniques used. W hat does someone write to family during a vacation.
Now ask them to write the postcard to a friend telling them about their. Have students circle the subtle differences in formatting as. Articles about learning, using and teaching the english language, including advice, tutorials, opinions and lesson plans from various authors and contributors. The children can then have a go at filling in a blank postcard. Welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange resources.
Help to teach your children all about postcards using this informative powerpoint. Give the children a collection of postcards and ask them to find the places shown using an atlas, a map or a globe. Both were adapted from the new teachers complete sourcebook. Begin your lesson with a lot of model postcards, careful directed reading, and labeling of the various parts of a postcard.
Prek, kindergarten, 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th, 5 th, 6 th, 7 th, 8 th, 9 th, 10 th. Today you will receive the picture of yourselves we took a few classes ago because you are going to be in your postcards. This activity encourages students to attend to word choice, audience, voice, ideas and conventions while allowing students to be creative in their final design and. The students wrote to a relative or friend who lived in another state and requested a postcard. Students will write about their vacations before making a postcard about their travels. If you can get your hands on some cheap postcards or have some laying around your house or teachers office, try out this. Young readers can then attempt to read sample postcards on their own. This lesson reiterates vocabulary and ideas learned in previous lessons about drawing and community as well as giving students an appreciation for a place in their community.
Collecting some adjectives describing some holiday themes that people write about in postcards, using students personal experiences. Now that we know the location of our postcard we are ready to get started. If students are using wixie, they can choose from several different postcard templates or create their postcards from scratch and print at. This lesson plan teaches kids to use better descriptive words when writing stories. How to write a postcard powerpoint teacher made twinkl. Make school breaks educational with this postcard planning activity its perfect for back to school. Demonstrate strong adjectives, verbs, adverbs and how these words can change the tone and anticipated plot of a story. Learning with postcards teaching ideas free lesson. Students will be asked if possible to bring the postcards with them so they can fill it out in class if not they can use a piece of paper. Reading the feature article about chicago that appears in this issue will help you, the teacher, draw on new vocabulary and experi. Ideally, you could get your hands of a stack of blank, unused postcards.
Using postcards in class can be a motivating writing task and add a level of stimulation. Let your child cut along the lines to create four pieces postcards. Using postcards in class can be a motivating writing task and add a level of stimulation for students. This will improve the childrens knowledge of the location of places around the world. This lesson was designed to strengthen student knowledge of the geographical location of the 50 united states. The specific purpose of this writing task is to describe the place that students visited and to practice and improve their communication knowledge and writing in english language. Ask students to think about different kinds of weather, having them share. After printing their texts, students can illustrate the front of their postcards. How to teach a postcard writing lesson to beginner level students. Where is the most interesting place you have travelled to. It includes questions challenging your pupils what to think about when writing a postcard and clearly lays out the dimensions of the card. Home leukemia postcards for sick children leukemia. Use this lesson plan to teach your english as a second language esl students how to write a postcard using activities that. How can reading and writing postcards, even imaginary ones, help your students gain valuable vocabulary and literacy skills.
Feb 19, 2012 a lesson plan and a writing frame differentiated for 3 levels. Help your ks1 english students enhance their postcard writing knowledge using this handy task setter powerpoint. A postcard from new york learnenglish teens british. By walking through the following steps for writing a postcard, your students will have a chance to practice their beginning level writing skills in a practical situation. Describe the america the beautiful quarters program for background information. Find writing a postcard lesson plans and teaching resources. Check out more free lesson plans and resources on share my lesson in the veterans day collection. Look at the postcard from new york and do the exercises to improve your writing skills. Dec 25, 2014 students will be asked if possible to bring the postcards with them so they can fill it out in class if not they can use a piece of paper.
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