Explore word relationships and the relationships between people with an interesting lesson plan. Learners practice pairing words that typically go together and write brief narratives using these words. They then go through a similar process, but move to a discussion about the relationship between father and son that leads into a short film. Pupils examine the transcript of the film, discuss relationships, and write compositions about their own families.

Concepts

idioms, figures of speech, Narrative Writing, narratives, making predictions, families, family vocabulary, binomials, polynomials

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Additional Tags

binomial, family vocabulary, family relationships, short film, prediction, idiom, english language arts

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Classroom Considerations

• The term binomial is used here to mean two words that go together that are linked with a conjunction or preposition, rather than the other mathematical meaning

Pros

• Pupils will enjoy watching the video, which is well-made and touching
• The word usage portion of the lesson will prove useful for English language learners

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.9-10.3.a W.11-12.3.a SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a