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A ‘UDL’ lesson: Crash Course…

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Instructional Goals

1. Students will understand noun-verb agreement, and its importance in developing clear description & narrative.

2. Students will write (create) narratives in which the nouns agree with the verbs in both tense and “person”.

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Methods and MaterialsMethods

• Individual work in text and writing

Materials• Textbook with 3-5 pages of practice

exercises• Papers

Assessment• State test

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Identified Barriers1. Students do not recognize any “need” to

learn to write “standard” English, including the agreement of nouns and verbs.

2. Many class members do not speak English at home.

3. Traditional approaches to teaching noun/verb agreement are seen by many students as boring and irrelevant.

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UDL GuidelinesUDL Guidelines

1. Checkpoint 7.2 Optimize relevance, value, and authenticity

2. Checkpoint 8.3 Foster collaboration and communication

3. Checkpoint 9.3 Develop self-assessment and reflection

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Mass. Accident Report

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Mass. Accident Report

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Highlight Critical Features

Diagram

Narrative

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A Story From Our Local NewspaperSalem man injured in head-on crash by Cindy O'Neill

A 67-year-old Salem man was injured in an accident opposite the North Shore Mall in Peabody yesterday. A Danvers woman was charged after the head-on collision on Cross Street that injured Herman Daniels of Salem but left his dog unharmed, police said.

State Police said Juanita Johnson, 29, was driving east at about 9:45 p.m. when her car jumped a traffic island and struck an oncoming car driven by Herman Daniels. Daniels, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was taken to Beverly Hospital; his Labrador retriever, in the passenger seat, was unhurt, Sergeant Michael McKay said. Johnson was also charged with operating to endanger. McKay said Johnson, who claims not to remember striking Daniels’ car, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.Witnesses told investigators they saw Johnson’s car drive onto the center island without warning and head toward Daniels’ car. McKay said police were trying to determine whether Johnson, who suffers from epilepsy, was having a seizure at the time of the accident.

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A Story From Our Local NewspaperSalem man injured in head-on crash by Cindy O'Neill

A 67-year-old Salem man was injured in an accident opposite the North Shore Mall in Peabody yesterday. A Danvers woman was charged after the head-on collision on Cross Street that injured Herman Daniels of Salem but left his dog unharmed, police said.

State Police said Juanita Johnson, 29, was driving east at about 9:45 p.m. when her car jumped a traffic island and struck an oncoming car driven by Herman Daniels. Daniels, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was taken to Beverly Hospital; his Labrador retriever, in the passenger seat, was unhurt, Sergeant Michael McKay said. Johnson was also charged with operating to endanger. McKay said Johnson, who claims not to remember striking Daniels’ car, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.Witnesses told investigators they saw Johnson’s car drive onto the center island without warning and head toward Daniels’ car. McKay said police were trying to determine whether Johnson, who suffers from epilepsy, was having a seizure at the time of the accident.

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A Story From Our Local NewspaperSalem man injured in head-on crash by Cindy O'Neill

A 67-year-old Salem man was injured in an accident opposite the North Shore Mall in Peabody yesterday. A Danvers woman was charged after the head-on collision on Cross Street that injured Herman Daniels of Salem but left his dog unharmed, police said.

State Police said Juanita Johnson, 29, was driving east at about 9:45 p.m. when her car jumped a traffic island and struck an oncoming car driven by Herman Daniels. Daniels, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was taken to Beverly Hospital; his Labrador retriever, in the passenger seat, was unhurt, Sergeant Michael McKay said. Johnson was also charged with operating to endanger. McKay said Johnson, who claims not to remember striking Daniels’ car, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.Witnesses told investigators they saw Johnson’s car drive onto the center island without warning and head toward Daniels’ car. McKay said police were trying to determine whether Johnson, who suffers from epilepsy, was having a seizure at the time of the accident.

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Practice with Images

1. The car is damaged.

2. The cars is damaged.

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Provide Relevant Practice

In order to practice noun/verb agreement, you will watch the following video in small groups.

You will complete an accident report describing the accident you are about to see. Accidents happen once, there is no instant replay in life. Watch closely!

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Watch and report

Yellow Green Pink Blue

• Each group please assign these roles:– Leader - keep the group on task– Writer - record the group sentence – Presenter - share work with class– Participants - contribute to the work

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Watch and report - group assignments

Yellow Describe the road where the accident occurred.

Green - Describe the traffic light you see at the time of the accident

Pink- What happened to the red car in the accident?

Blue - What happened to the other car in the accident?

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Watch Closely

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Watch and report - group assignments

Yellow- Describe the road where the accident occurred.

Green - Describe the traffic light you see at the time of the accident

Pink- What happened to the red car in the accident?

Blue - What happened to the other car in the accident?

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National Center on UDL

• Implementation• Video series, books• Tools: CAST site