GenericLessonPlanForm

Subject:WritingActivity:WriterscheckthereadabilityoftheirwritingSetting:1
Grade#ofStudents:27
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StatementofObjective: Accommodations
W.GN.01.01writeapersonalnarrativeusingillustrationsandtransitionalwordssuchas
*Observable/Measurable(A,B,C,D)
before,after,now,orfinallytoindicateasequenceofevents,senseofstory(beginning,
*GLCE/IEP
middle,andend),andphysicaldescriptions.

W.PR.01.03attempttorevisedraftbasedonreadingitaloudtoclarifymeaningfortheir
intendedaudience(e.g.,usingstrongverbsorprecisenouns,andaddingneededinformation).

Materials: ExampleWritingPiece
*Preparedandorganized WritingPaper
*Availableforall Pencils
Editingpens
Opening: Yesterdaywelearnedhowtoreadourstoriestoourpartnersandcheckedtheir
*Gainattention/motivate storiesforsomethingtheycouldmakebetterlikepunctuation,spacing,capitals,
*Activatepriorknowledge andcorrectSmallMomentStoryformat.Todayweareonlygoingtofocusonthe
~link/relate;assess;preparefornew readabilityofourpartnersstorythatisifweareabletoreadtheirstory.
learning(e.g.vocabulary)
*Stategoals/setpurpose
~explaintask:why,what,how,and
when
forstrategies
*Cleardirections
Presentation: IwillbeginbyshowingtheclasstwosentencesthatIhavealreadywritten.The Thislessonwillbe
Teacher: firstonewillbeunreadableandthesecondsentencewillbereadable. onthefrontcarpet,
*Varietyoflearning(T/S,S/S,S/T) Iwillaskthestudentstoquietlyreadbothsentencesandputupa1or2on soifstudentshave
*Organizationalframework theirfingerstoshowmewhichwaseasierforthemtoread. difficultysitting
~construct,clarify,andlinkconceptsin Then,Iwillaskthestudentstothinkaboutwhythesecondonewaseasiertoread. onthecarpet,I
a IwillthentellthestudentsthatonceIsaycheesetheywillturnattalkwiththeir willallowthemto
meaningfulcontext partneraboutwhyitwaseasierforthemtoread.Iwillsayafewdifferentwords sitintheirseats.
*Presentvisually,verbally, andthensaycheese. The3students
kinesthetically, ThenIwillsayPawsandputmyhanduptosignalthatturnandtalkisoverand whohaveassigned
realworld(e.g.LESH) squareswillsitin
theireyesshouldbeonme.
*Modelandthinkaloudtomakevisible theirsquaresnext
Iwillelicitresponsesfromthestudentandwritethoseontheboard.TheanswersI
~languagepractices/processes totheirpartner.
willbelookingforare:Therearespacesbetweenwords,Therearecapitalsin
~learningstrategiesandadaptations therightspots,Thereispunctuation,Thelettersarebumpingthelines,and
(how,
correctlettersounds.
whenandwhy)
After,wewilltalkaboutpolitewaystoasktheirpartnertofixtheirwork.
~organization,relationships,andclues
*Transferofcontrol
~studentsexplain,justify,clarify,etc.
*Cleardirections
*Checkforunderstanding
~appropriatefeedback:praise,prompt
probe/question(inZPD)
~assess/errordrill
~monitorandadjustinstruction
Students:
*Participation
~overtandactive
~instructionaldialogue,thinkaloud,
explain,justify,evaluate,etc.
GuidedPractice: Iwillexplainthattodayinsteadoftheirpartnerreadingtheirstorytoyou,youwill Ifstudentssay
*Activityrelatedto swapstoriesandtrytoreadtheirstorytothemselves. theydonothave
presentation/objectives Iwillhandoutstickynotestoeachpersonsotheycanmarkthemistakeintheir anymistakes,I
*Activestudentparticipation partnersstoryandtheirpartnerwillknowwheretofixsomething. willtellthemIcan
~providerationaleforassignment Iwilltellthestudentstopickastorytheyhavealreadywrittenandtonotstarta readitandfind
~multisensoryandrealworld newstory. somethingfor
~instructionaldialogue Thestudentswillneedtheirstory,astickynote,theirpencil,andtheirpurplepen. themtofix.
*Transferofcontrol Iwillaskforathumbupiftheyunderstandandthumbsdowniftheydonot.
~studentsexplain,justify,clarify,think Ifapartnershipis
Iwilldismissstudentsbytheircolorrowsandtellthemtheycansitanywherein
aloud havingahardtime
theclassroomwiththeirpartner.
*Checkforunderstanding stayingfocusedor
~ensurehighsuccessrate readingtheir
~appropriatefeedback:praise,prompt, partnersstory,I
probe/question(inZPD) willsitdownwith
IndividualPractice: themandhelp.
~assess/errordrill
~monitorandadjustinstruction
*Management/monitoring
~scan,circulate,assess,support,praise
Closing: After20minutes,Iwillchoose3studentstosharewhatpartintheirstorythey Ifastudenthasno
*Adequatetime fixedtomakeitmorereadable.ThesewillbestudentsthatInoticedworkingvery stories,Iwillsit
*Studentssummarizecontentand hard. withthemtohelp
accomplishments Toassesthestudentsunderstandingofthelesson.Iwilllookovertheirworktosee thembeginastory.
*Assess/identifynewgoals iftheychangedanythingtomakeitmorereadable.Iwillalsobeassessingthemas
*Linktofuturelearning theyarelearningatthecarper.