. .

3 2 1 Conjunctions Lesson Plan

Grade Levels 3 5 6 8 K 3 : - , - , -

In the BrainPOP ELL movie And Then What , ?( L3U2L1 )

(http :// . .
www brainpopesl com level3 unit2 lesson1 zoom weml/ / / / . ) , Ben visits a fortune teller at a carnival, and
asks questions about his future But who is this mysterious fortune teller . ? Students connect the dots to

,
find out while also learning about connecting words or conjunctions In this lesson plan adaptable for , . ,
- ,
grades K 8 students apply their understanding of different types of conjunctions while engaging in the

:
following activities about fortune tellers a role play a cloze activity paraphrasing sentences and - , , ,
writing captions for images .

Lesson Plan Common Core State Standards Alignments

Students will :
. , ,
1 Use conjunctions to write ask and answer questions with a partner in a role play activity .
.
2 Complete a cloze activity with conjunctions as they watch the movie .
.
3 Write captions for images using suitable conjunctions .
.
4 Paraphrase sentences from the movie .

Materials :
BrainPOP ELL

Index cards

Conjunctions Strips

Vocabulary :
connect separate,
:
Coordinating Conjunctions and but or so however just for nor yet , , , , , , , , .
: /
Correlative Conjunctions both and either or neither nor whether or not only but also , / , / , / , / .
: , ,
Subordinating Conjunctions before after though although as though even though as if as long as , , , , , ,
, , , ,
as soon as because since so that in order that till until if unless than rather than once when , , , , , , , , ,
,
whenever where wherever while , , .

Preparation :
, - ,
For Activity 1 Fortune Teller Role Play prepare a set of conjunction cards for each pair of students .
Conjunctions and : / or / but / however / -
both and / either or - / because / although / even though / as

long as / rather than .

, ,
For Activity 2 Movie Cloze make a copy of the following cloze for each student :
I want to know about my future , _______ ’ ________
I m a little worried It s okay . ’ you only tell me good

.
things I want to know what will happen next year _______ . _______ _______
even in ten years Moby

I tried out for the basketball team We practiced together . , _______ , _______ we were separated I was

. _______
nervous Will Moby _______ ? _______
I be on the team _______ ? Moby I will be on the team

’ _________
I ll be on the team , _____ ’ _______
I ll ! ?
be team captain What else do I want to know

________ , ’ .
I tried hard on the test today I don t think I did well Moby played computer games _______
it was time for him to go home . _______ , . _________
Moby left I was hungry, study I ate dinner
_______ then went to bed I ll do well on the test .’ _________ I didn t study hard ’ ?’ I ll get a B . _______,
Moby will get an A !
,
For Activity 3 make copies of Conjunctions Strips for each pair of students To differentiate the activity . ,
prepare a word bank for the images .

Lesson Procedure :
. -
1 Fortune Teller Role Play After watching the movie And Then What . ?( L3U2L1 ), have pairs of

students role play the parts of Ben and Moby the Fortune Teller from the movie Distribute a set of .
This website
conjunction uses
cards cookies
see to enable
Preparation you
for each to of
pair use (
our website
students On the and to brainstorm
board analyze the traffic to
questions ) . , .
.
ask the fortune teller To differentiate students can write their own questions The fortune teller , .
Accept More info
must turn over a card to answer a question and use the conjunction in the answer as Moby did in ,
the movie .
.
2 Movie Cloze Distribute the cloze activity to each student see Preparation ( ). On a repeated viewing

of the movie And Then What ?( L3U2L1 ), have students listen for conjunctions to complete the cloze

.
activity Remember to turn off the closed captions .
. .
3 Conjunction Strips Distribute the Conjunctions Strips to each pair of students Instruct them to .
.
write captions for the images Point out that they need to add a comma after the first clause in

.
sentences 9 and 10 The sentences below are sample answers Students answers will vary To . ’ .
,
differentiate provide a word bank or captions for students to match to the pictures .
.
1 Ben is brushing the horse and Moby is collecting eggs .
.
2 Ben and Moby are going to ride the bus but they have to stand , .
.
3 Ben will have the salad or the sandwich .
.
4 They should buy the fruit rather than the cookies .
.
5 Ben and Moby were scared before they saw it was only a rabbit .
. ’
6 Ben couldn t go outside until he finished cleaning his room .
. ’
7 He s studying so that he ll do well on the test ’ .
.
8 Ben likes to play basketball with Moby although Moby always wins , .
.
9 Even though Ben turned on his alarm clock he didn t wake up , ’ .
. ’
10 As long as it s raining we have to stay inside , .
.
4 What Did He Say ? Have students paraphrase the sentences in the Hear It Say It feature of And ,
Then What ?( L3U2L1 ), without using the conjunctions .

Extension Activities :

Have students make posters or word walls of the three types of conjunctions and all the examples they

can think of .

Have students create conjunction puzzle pieces as illustrated in this lesson s Grammar section of And '
Then What ?( L3U2L1 )( http :// .
www brainpopesl com level3 unit2 lesson1 . / / / /) .

RELATED :

BrainPOP ELL Movies

Fun and Games (

http :// . .
www brainpopesl com level3 unit2 lesson5 zoom weml / / / / . )

BrainPOP Movies

Conjunctions (
http :// . .
www brainpop com english grammar conjunctions / / / /)
 

: - , . . -
Filed as   3 5 3 2 1 , - , , . - ... , . -
Conjunctions 6 8 BrainPOP ELL CCSS ELA Literacy L 1 1g CCSS ELA

... , . - .. . , . - .. . , . - .. . ,
Literacy L 1 6 CCSS ELA Literacy L 3 1h CCSS ELA Literacy L 4 1b CCSS ELA Literacy L 4 2

. - .. . , . - .. . , . - . .. , . -
CCSS ELA Literacy L 5 1a CCSS ELA Literacy L 5 1e CCSS ELA Literacy RI 1 3 CCSS ELA

. . ., . - . . . , . - . . . , . - . . . ,
Literacy SL 2 1 CCSS ELA Literacy SL 4 2 CCSS ELA Literacy SL 6 1c CCSS ELA Literacy W 3 1c

. - . . . ,
CCSS ELA Literacy W 6 2a Conjunctions K 3, -