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Design a project-based activity that will integrate the language skills of reading and writing

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Design a project-based activity that will integrate the language skills of reading and writing.  Use the resource listed below or others from the Internet or source of your choice. Describe the project; how it addresses the content and language objectives of your lesson; and how it will unfold. 

-Paragraph frames: These two resource provide paragraph sentence frames for main idea/details, sequence, compare/contrast, cause/effect, character trait analysis, chronological order, and problem/solution, conclusion, and definition summary paragraphs.

https://sites.google.com/site/elginisdellinitiative/documents/sentence-stems-paragraph-frames

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/framed_paragraphs

Language objectives:

1. Discuss the function of a leaf. 

2. Identify and explain the function of the internal structures a leaf. 

3. Label a cross section of a leaf.

Key vocabulary:

Upper and lower epidermis, Mesophyll , Chloroplast, Veins, Stomata, Xylem, Phloem, Cuticle