The Making of a Coat
Steve Penner
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Assessment
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Introduction
This is a SDAIE lesson plan for use with English as a Second Language students. It based on the book A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert. It is about a young girl in Europe during World War ll who needs a new coat. It talks about the process she and her mother go through in obtaining the new coat. It is a great way to teach children about the process of making a piece of clothing, from obtaining the source of material to sewing it. It also can be used as a springboard to talking about World War ll. Insert a brief overview of your lesson plan. Remember teachers are your target audience on this page. You might want to edit this section after you have finished designing your lesson. At that time you'll have a better idea of your lesson plan highlights.
Subject: Literature
Topic: Introduce and read the book: A New Coat for Anna, by Harriet Ziefert.
Grade Level: Second Grade, Intermediate EL  students
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Standards Addressed
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Second Grade
Language Arts:? need to figure out from eld standards 

(6) 1. Plate tectonics explains important features of the Earth’s surface and major geologic events. As the basis for understanding this concept, students know:

a) The fit of the continents, location of earthquakes, volcanoes, and mid ocean ridges, and the distribution of fossils, rock types, and ancient climatic zones provide evidence for plate tectonics.
b) The solid Earth is layered with cold, brittle lithosphere; hot, convecting mantle; and dense, metallic core.
c) Lithospheric plates that are the size of continents and oceans move at rates of centimeters per year in response to movements in the mantle.
d) Major geologic events, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building result from plate motions.
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Instructional Objectives
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  1. To be able to read and comprehend the book.
  2. To know the process of making a wool coat.
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Student Activities
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Introductory Activity (Preparation)
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1.Do a Tea Party with the children.
2. Have the students pake predictions about the story. Write these down and keep displayed throughout lesson. 
3. Briefly talk about the war how it causes poverty.
4. Show a video (or find something on the web - do a link here) about sheep shearing and wool processing . 
5. Bring in a  person who can demonstrate how to spin, weave and sew (or good spot to do a internet link here!). Have them bring in their equipment  and do demonstrations and talk abaout the process of making an article of clothing (coat).
 

Enabling Activity(ies) (Presentations)
Read the book A New Coat for Anna , aloud to the students. Stop a few times to over a few  predetermined points where vocabulary may not be familiar to students. Also, pause to show pitures  from the book to the class.  Link to vocabulary list and/or activities (word find).
 

Culminating Activity (Practice)
1. Have ssstudents break up into groups of four to do a story board of the book. Each group will then present their stoorryboard before the class. Link to storyboard directions and form.
2.(Closure activities)  Go back to the Tea Party Predictions and in a class discussion verity those that are correct. Have students explain how and why the others  are wrong. Correct the wrong ones. Have students write down the correct predictions plus the added new ones as the discussion is taking place. 

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Assessment (Evaluation)
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Results
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Web Resources & Supplementary Materia

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Murdock Elementary School
655 French St., Willows, CA 95988
Ssteve Penner, email: mailto:spenner@wunif.k12.ca.us
Last Revised: 6/16/2000