Cultural Recognition Activity

Task: (A) To create a product (power point presentation, poster, webpage, pamphlet, etc) that represents a cultural holiday that is celebrated in your own culture.

(B) To give an oral presentation based on the Cultural Holiday “Product.”

Objective: (Students will be able to…_)

• share cultural heritage while going through the writing process and oral presentation process.
• Write with fluency – approaching that of a native English speaker
• Speak with fluency – approaching that of a native English speaker

Lesson Plan:

1. Allow students to choose a cultural holiday. It is best if each student or pair chooses a different holiday.

2. Allow students to do the research for their cultural holiday. (PRE-WRITING)

Criteria:

• Who celebrates this holiday?
• What does this holiday celebrate?
• When is this holiday celebrated?
• How is this holiday celebrated? (foods, traditions, customs, decorations, etc.)
• Are there any similarities to other cultural holidays?
• What is your experience celebrating this holiday?

3. Once the research is complete, students should choose the type of product they would like to share with the class. Giving the students options for product allows them to feel that they have “control” over their presentation. It also allows students to be creative.

4. Give students time to complete a Draft of their product (WRITING)

5. Allow the students to share their product with peers and the teacher. (PEER-EDITING)

6. Once students have received feedback from the teacher their peers, they should go back and edit their work. (EDITING)

7. Students now need to publish their work. The publishing process is dependent on the type of product. (PUBLISHING)

8. Presentations: Allows students to present their work!