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**12.B.1a**  Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environments. THEME: Animals       LESSON TOPIC: Zoo Animal poetry Language:    * Work cooperatively in groups. Content * Carefully observe and remember details about the animals at the zoo.
 * STANDARDS:
 * OBJECTIVES: **
 * Follow the form of the given poem and complete each of the lines using facts they have learned.
 * Write a poem and read it chorally before the camera.
 * List at least 5 facts about each of the animals they saw at the zoo. These facts can be characteristics of actions or physical appearance.
 * Follow the form of the given poem and complete each of the lines using facts they have learned.

LEARNING STRATEGIES:      KEY VOCABULARY: animal, zoo, characteristics        MATERIALS: paper, pencil, crayons, video camera      || **MOTIVATION:** (Building background)

Plan and take an exciting trip to the zoo after reading books and having many discussions about zoo animals. Be sure to point out that students are to look for details and facts about the animals they see. Following the trip, students are asked to share the facts they noticed about the animals.During the trip to the zoo, the teacher or a volunteer will video tape the animals. (Be sure to take long shots of each of the animals you want, at least 30 seconds on each animal. This will be important later as you voice over on the tape with the poetry performed by the students.) PRESENTATION: // (Language and content objectives, comprehensible input, strategies, interaction, feedback) //After the trip, the teacher brainstorms with the students some facts about one of the animals she/he saw at the zoo. She models by writing these facts and descriptions on a chart in front of the class. (Tiger, huge cat, gold and black, loud roar, large padded feet, rubbing up against a lonely tree, prowling around habitat.) // (Meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, practice and application, feedback)  // Next,the class is divided into cooperative groups and each group selects one of the animals which were filmed at the zoo. The entire class watches the tape and each group is careful to focus on the animal they are going to write about. The entire group helps the teacher fill in the blanks of a poetry form. Tiger! You have a roar like thunder You are fuzzy, gold, and black You roam around on padded feet You scratch your back on a lonely tree You are the biggest cat I haveever seen You are my favorite zoo animal because you look so lovable Tiger! The class is taking facts and fitting them into the form. This pattern can be used to review facts about any topic. Now in cooperative groups, the students brainstorm facts about the animal they have chosen. One of the students is the scribe and makes a list of the ideas. After all the facts are listed, the most descriptive details are selected or modified and put into the poetry pattern. (Name of Animal)! You ______________ You ______________ You ______________ You ______________ You ______________ You are my favorite zoo animal because you __________ (Name of Animal)!
 * PRACTICE AND APPLICATION: **

Each group practices reading their poem aloud and then they take turns reading it for the teacher as they are being video taped. The voices of the children will then be copied over the video of the animals.

// (Review objectives and vocabulary, assess learning)  // The poems can be reviewed by the class. The teacher can assess the students' poems and their reading on the video.
 * REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT: **

Lesson plan adapted from http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0083.html. ||