English Language Acquisition Teacher Guide - Part 1

Unit Theme: Spirituality

First Peoples text plays a role within the process of reconciliation

  • Apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to guide inquiry, extend thinking, and comprehend texts
  • Text features
    • how text and visuals are displayed
  • Literary Devices
    • sensory detail (e.g., imagery, sound devices); figurative language (e.g., metaphor, simile, hyperbole); irony, paradox, oxymoron
  • Reading Strategies
    • using contextual clues; using phonics and word structure; visualizing; questioning; predicting; previewing text; summarizing; making inferences
  • Oral Language Strategies
    • focusing on the speaker, asking questions to clarify, listening for specifics, expressing opinions, speaking with expression, staying on topic, taking turns
  • Mangilaluk Graphic Novel
  • DK – Read and become familiar with the section on Spirituality in the
  • DK – Pages 5-24
  • IQ – Pages 30-32

How do relationships with the spiritual world, other people, the land, and ourselves shape who we are?

Small Group Share

    • Find an Elder or community member to come into your class to discuss spirituality
      • What spirituality means to them and what it can mean to others.
    • Possible video of Elder discussing spirituality
      • Living Well Modules?
      • Recording an Elder?
    • Opinion statements
    • Book Talk Circle Walk
      • Students will engage in a book talk – circle walk around the graphic novel
      • The teacher will lead the class in a discussion when the walk is complete
    • Notice/Wonder/Know

    Activities Connected to the DK/IQ

    Infographic From the DK (page xxxi)

    • Students will reflect on this page
      • Write a response about your connections
    • Students will begin to think about what is currently in their learning bundle – personal inventory
      • Draw
      • Model
      • Write
      • Voice memo

    Tunngavinga – page 30 – 32 (IQ)

    • Reflect on the Tunngavinga
      • Write a response about your connections
    • Students will begin to think about what is currently in their learning bundle – personal inventory
      • Draw
      • Model
      • Write
      • Voice memo
Visible Learning Link
  • Make space for anchor chart/visible learning in your classroom that will remain around the essential question
    • How do relationships with the spiritual world, other people, the land, and ourselves shape who we are?
      • Based on what students have learned throughout the module, they will put up understandings and questions connected to this module’s learning

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