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Lesson Plan
Author: Meredith Clark-Lewis
Teacher:
Mrs. Clark-Lewis
Lesson Title:
Sammy the Shark: Expository Writing
Grade Level: 3
Introduction to Digital Graphic Organizers and Paragraph Writing
Subject: Language
Arts, Science
Time frame:
45 minutes
(1 day)
Student Learning Outcomes (Goals): This lesson will provide students with the opportunity
to understand the uses of graphic organizers. Through this lesson, students will be introduced to
a variety of digital graphic organizers. The students will have the ability to choose a digital
graphic organizer and use the graphic organizer to plan, edit, and revise an expository essay on
sharks.
Objectives
EDUC 526
Lesson Plan
Author: Meredith Clark-Lewis
Technology Standards:
Elements to be identified are:
1. Creativity and innovation
Materials: Non-Digital
Materials: Digital
Paper/Pencil
Google Chromebooks
Rubric Handout
iPads
Brain Pop Video
Digital Graphic Organizers
SmartBoard
EDUC 526
Lesson Plan
Author: Meredith Clark-Lewis
Procedure:
1.
2.
Allow students to use the ChromeBooks for this step. Utilize the SmartBoard to
guide students to a website that contains digital graphic organizers. Provide
students with the website link (below) and then guide them in examining the
different graphic organizers and have them choose one for their own project.
The digital graphic organizer website is:
http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm
3.
Students will utilize their chosen graphic organizer and insert information that
they have compiled from their own research of the following websites/apps:
Oceana.org and Discovery.com. Students can access these websites on their
Chromebooks. Walk around and assist students as necessary during this step.
4.
5.
Students will fill in the hamburger paragraph template with information they
have filled in on their digital graphic organizers.
EDUC 526
Lesson Plan
Author: Meredith Clark-Lewis
EDUC 526
Lesson Plan
Author: Meredith Clark-Lewis
CATEGORY
Graphic organizer or
outline has been
completed and shows
clear, logical
relationships between all
topics and subtopics.
Graphic organizer or
outline has been
completed and shows
clear, logical
relationships between
most topics and
subtopics.
Graphic organizer or
Graphic organizer or
outline has been started outline has not been
and includes some
attempted.
topics and subtopics.
Information clearly
relates to the main topic.
It provides 1-2
supporting details and/or
examples.
Information clearly
Information has little or
relates to the main topic. nothing to do with the
No details and/or
main topic.
examples are given.
Paragraph
Construction
Paragraphs included
related information but
were typically not
constructed well.
Graphic Organizer
Paragraphing structure
was not clear and
sentences were not
typically related within
the paragraphs.
Assignment was not
completed in the allotted
time frame.