Inquiry Language Function Unit – The Great Migration

Description

This Inquiry Unit is full of vocabulary, reading, writing, listening and speaking activities; it’s perfect for building language skills in the ESL Classroom! Most of the activities in this unit focus on the Great Wildebeest Migration but also include other animal migrations.

Designed with English Learners in mind, this engaging resource would be perfect for an Asking Questions/Inquiry Language Function unit in an ESL classroom!

What’s Included:

-Links to videos, articles and online books to support and supplement this unit

-Language Function Display

-Sample Sequence of Activities for planning an Inquiry Language Function Unit

-Question Starters and Clarifying Question examples

-Inquiry Vocabulary – inquire, acquire, clarify

-Wildebeest Vocabulary Cards – 15 terms, great for a word wall

-Inquiry Notes Page for student notebooks

-Rate Your Knowledge Activity– How much do students know about this topic?

-Graphic Organizers (4)

-Vocabulary Graphic Organizer – KIM Strategy

-Let’s Talk! (5)– an oral language partner or small group activity

-The Great Wildebeest Migration Matching activity for beginning students

-Wildebeest Cloze Activity

-4 Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions

-Answer Keys for the reading passages, cloze and matching activity

This unit is all about teaching students how to ask basic questions and clarifying questions in order to gain (acquire) information.