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| LANGUAGE ARTS CONTENT STANDARD
2.0 The student will develop the structural and creative skills
of the writing process necessary to produce written language that can be
read, presented to, and interpreted by various audiences. |
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| LANGUAGE ARTS CONTENT STANDARD
3.0 The student will use standard English
conventions and proper spelling as appropriate to speaking and
writing. |
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| OBJECTIVE: TSW follow the 6 steps
writing process to write expressively, using original ideas, reflections,
and observations. |
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| STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Mrs. Nelson
and her class have just returned from the Land of Mute. The Mutations cast
a quiet spell upon her rowdy students. The Mutations gave Mrs.
Nelson and her class a list of commands. The commands stated that the
students must master the writing process and produce a variety of written
assignments to break the code of silence.
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| GRADE LEVEL: 3RD
GRADE |
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| LESSON DESIGNERS: KYMBERLY KELLEY AND ANDREA GIBBS |
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| DURATION OF THE LEARNING WEB: 4
WEEKS |
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| SCAFFOLDING ACTIVITIES- The
students have basic knowledge of sentence structure and they are also
aware of the parts of speech. Students have used Applesworks word
processing, PowerPoint, and Internet for previous
assignments. |
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| RESOURCES NEEDED: Computer, Printer, Graphic Organizers, Clear Plastic Folders, Arts
and Crafts Materials for folders |
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ACTIVITY#1-WRITING
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 COMMAND#1- TLW collaborate in groups to create a list
of commands on how to break the code of silence. The student will have 5
minutes to jot down ideas using a "Spider Map." TLW go to website http://www.teach-nology.com/
and print off the graphic organizer. (Knowledge)
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COMMAND#2- TLW create draft 1 using details from the Spider Map to form
sentences. Students will be encourage to use descriptive language. The
instructor will teach a mini lesson on adjectives and the TLW will go to
website http://www.angelfire.com/ab/westmounthaiku/describe.html
to complete activity on adjectives. |
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COMMAND#3- TLW assemble with their literary groups to evaluate the first
draft. The instructor will provide a rubric for peer evaluators to assess
draft #1. (Application) |
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COMMAND#4- TLW construct draft#2 using peer evaluator's comments to
improve draft#2. (Analysis) |
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COMMAND#5- TLW revise and edit draft#2 after which they will meet with the
instructor for one-on-one conferencing about conventions.
(Synthesis) |
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COMMAND#6- TLW execute final copy using word processing in
AppleWorks. Student will retrieve clip art from website http://www.clipart.com/. (Evaluation)
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| ACTIVITY#2- SHORT STORY |
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 COMMAND#1- TLW write a short story
describing the Land of Mutes . Go to website http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/story/3/
to print off writing activity. (For help, see teacher's example and notice
the underlined words.) TLW will use clip art to personalize their works
and they are encouraged to be as creative as possible. Mulatto
Potato.doc |
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| ACTIVITY#3- POEM/CHANT |
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 COMMAND#1- TLW create a poem/chant using descriptive
words in free writing. (For help, see teacher's example) ALL ABOUT
ME.doc
ACTIVITY#4- POWERPOINT
COMMAND#1- TLW create a PowerPoint presentation with three slides.
Slide one will consist of the Title and the student's name. Slide
two will tell three things they like about one of their three writing
pieces. Slide three will tell why they chose that particular piece.
Each slide will contain three bullets and at least one animation scheme
and one clip art. (For help, see teacher's example) MY FAVORITE
WORK.ppt |
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ASSESSMENTS:
- Formative assessments will include: peer
evaluations, writing prompts during morning work/journaling, and
one-on-one conferencing.
- Students will submit a writing portfolio with the
following items: descriptive paragraphs, short stories, poems, and a
hard copy of their PowerPoint. These items will be evaluated on
the following: sentence structure, variety of descriptive words, and
content.
- For the summative assessment, the student will be
provided a rubric with a point system.
- Students will also have oral presentation
assessments (i.e. Author's Chair).
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