Julianne K. Kaphar
At the set-up stage of this unit, the teacher should be sure to design the walls so as to provide every opportunity for students to revisit the content and the academic language. The poems for the unit should be posted, the title of the unit should be posted, and pictures should be placed all around the room. Students can sit in mixed-ability groups of 4 (or 5, if necessary) students. Each table group can have a name posted on their table that is related to the unit of study, for example:
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Recyclers
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Landfill workers
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Waste Management engineers
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Environmentalists
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Ecologists
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Conservationists
The teacher and students should use their table names whenever possible, such as when giving praise ("the ecologists are working so quietly…") or for management purposes (the landfill workers may go back to their seats…").
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