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** Recycling ** by Theresa Beymer 

** Lesson Plan  ** Language Arts Writing a letter 8th grade 40 minutes Focus Attention/Motivation: 5 minutes Instructional Input & Modeling: 10 minutes Student Engagement/Practice: 20 minutes Closure: 5 minutes The overall goal of this lesson is for the students to write a letter to the mayor about recycling.  Given that the students have watched a YouTube video on recycling, they will be able to formulate a plan to better the community's recycling system as a class. Given that the students have developed a recycling plan, they will be able to write a letter to the mayor. 
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 * ** IL.3.B ** || STANDARD: Compose well-organized and coherent writing for specific purposes and audiences. ||
 * ** IL.12.E.ECb ** || > Participate in recycling in their environment. ||
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YouTube video - [] Paper Pen Dry erase marker/chalk Focus Attention/Motivation: Inform the students that they will be watching a YouTube video that will coincide with what they are learning in science.
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Instructional Input & Modeling: Show the YouTube video. After the video, have the students generate a list of ideas about how they can better the community by recycling (example: separate paper/plastic/glass, or have recycling stations by garbage cans). Make sure they understand that recycling will help keep the Earth clean.

Student Engagement/Practice: Have the students use the list they came up with in class to help them write a letter to the mayor devising a plan to better the recycling system in the community. After the class has finished writing the letter, have some students volunteer to share what they wrote.

Closure: Give the students a word search puzzle about recycling. The letter will be used as a formal assessment to see what the students learned from the video and from the class discussion. to generate a list of ways to improve recycling. ** (1, 50%) || 100% Accuracy || 70% Accuracy || Below 70% Accuracy || to write a letter to the mayor. ** (1, 50%) || 100% Accuracy || 70% Accuracy || Below 70% Accuracy ||  
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 * || ** Target ** (3 pts) || ** Acceptable ** (2 pts)  || ** Unacceptable ** (1 pt)  ||
 * ** Students will be able
 * ** Students will be able
 * Resources **
 * **Recycling word search puzzle**** http://www.planetozkids.com/ozzoom/wordgames/recycling-word-search-game.htm ** ||
 * **YouTube video**** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8o_hfX2eA ** ||
 * **YouTube video**** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8o_hfX2eA ** ||

At-risk students can work with an aide. If they have trouble writing in sentences, they can use bullet points. Gifted students can design a community with a perfect recycling plan. ELL students can write the letter in the native language. 
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