Home Plan - [GR1-L4-U1-LC1-30 The Story of the Statue]

The document provides a comprehensive lesson plan about the Statue of Liberty, covering its history, construction, significance as a symbol of freedom and friendship, and its role in welcoming immigrants. It introduces vocabulary words and reading strategies, focusing on comprehension skills and identifying the author’s purpose. Activities are outlined to aid students in understanding the text, with questions to assess comprehension and engage in reflective discussions. The lesson emphasizes the Statue of Liberty as a gift from France, its symbolic features like the torch and tablet, and its role in representing freedom to visitors worldwide.

Contents

• Pages 1—32: Statue of Liberty lesson.
• Pages 33—49: Teaching Statue of Liberty.

This section of the document provides tips and guidance for a lesson about the Statue of Liberty. It includes information about the history and construction of the statue, introducing vocabulary words such as freedom, island, liberty, statue, tablet, and torch. The document outlines learning objectives related to using content words, reading strategies, and identifying the author’s purpose. Activities are suggested to help students understand the new words and concepts. Students are also introduced to the cover of the reader and the table of contents, and there are questions to test comprehension as they read about the Statue of Liberty, its construction, and significance. The document includes information on how the statue was a gift from France, its construction materials, and the process of its installation on an island near New York. A focus on comprehension skills and the author’s purpose in writing about the Statue of Liberty is also highlighted in the lesson.

The section of the document provides tips on how to introduce students to the text about the Statue of Liberty. It suggests activities where students read the text and answer questions related to it after clicking a button. The text focuses on the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of friendship, freedom, and a welcoming gesture to immigrants. It mentions the significance of the colors, the torch symbolizing freedom, and the tablet with the date of American independence. Additionally, it highlights how visitors from around the world come to see the statue as a symbol of freedom. The section ends with questions to engage students in reflection and discussion about the Statue of Liberty and the lesson content.