Teaching resource

A One-Period Taiwan Poster Activity

A simple scaffold that gives students a place to start.

Grade 5
40 minutes
A4 paper

Original task

Introduce Taiwan in one poster.

Choose one theme about Taiwan.
Introduce four examples.
Create one poster in a 40-minute class.

Student poster introducing four Taiwanese foods with separate drawings of dumplings, beef noodles, bubble tea, and stinky tofu.

Core scaffold

Start with four ideas.

Brainstorm four ideas around the chosen theme.

Student poster introducing animals through four drawings arranged freely across the page.

Student poster combining Taiwanese food, people, a flag, and a landscape into a loosely connected scene.

Student interpretations

Students organized their ideas differently.

Language scaffold

Build the word bank from their ideas.

Add words as students need them.

How do you say ＿＿＿ in English?

stinky tofu
bubble tea
beef noodles
oyster omelet

Student poster organizing food ideas around a large drawing of a claw machine.

40-minute flow

A 40-minute class

A rough structure, not a fixed schedule.

Get readyabout 10–12 min
Brainstorm → word bank → four ideas
Makeabout 25 min
Complete four ideas → add details
Wrap upabout 3 min
Check → collect

Student poster shaped as a ship, with Taiwanese food and landmarks drawn across its decks.

Adapt it

Try another place.

Choose a place students know well.

A place students know well

Their city
Their country
Their community
Another place