OUTCOME: Students will learn the role of industrial waste enforcement units in the wastewater treatment process. Students will demonstrate active listening skills and produce a formal letter of thanks that addresses 3 points of information gained from the presentation.
CONDITIONS: Lesson will be a whole class exercise consisting of an expert presentation on industrial waste management and formal writing. The lesson will take two to three class periods.
TEACHER STUDENT
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v Teacher will arrange for an inspector from the local wastewater management team to come to the class and make a presentation on his or her role in enforcing the clean water act. |
v Students will write a formal letter of thanks to the Industrial waste inspector that identifies three things that the student learned from the presentation. |
MATERIALS: Standard classroom supplies.
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT: Students will be assessed on language arts elements using the Access Academic Rubric and on the SCANS elements using the Access Life-skills Rubric
MODIFICATIONS/ACCOMODATIONS:
Special needs students will be accommodated by
v the use of text reading and word prediction software.
v allowing students with limited writing skills to be paired with a more able peer to complete exercise.
v allowing students who receive a one or a two any major component of the project to edit and rewrite a second time.
v helping individual students directly to organize ideas and sentences.
STANDARDS:
1. Language Arts Standards WCCUSD
1. Students will write a formal business letter.
2. SCANS Standards
VI. Written Communication:
1. Organize thoughts into expressive written form.
2. Proofread, edit, and revise written documents.
3. Use correct grammar and spelling in writing.