LESSON PLAN #6: ELA

Subject: Social Studies Grade: 1 Date: March 18th, 2019

Critical Inquiry Question: What is a fiction story? How is it different than non-fiction
books?
Lesson: 6 Time: 65 mins
SLOs: From the Program of Studies

G.L.O- 1 and 2

1.1 Discover and Explore

1.2 Clarify and Extend

Instructional Objectives:
Knowledge:

Students will understand the difference between a fiction book and a non-fiction book
Students will understand that fiction novels can either be realistic or completely
imaginary

Skill:

Students will demonstrate an ability to create an oral fiction story using pictures of
characters

Key Questions:
What is the focus question for this lesson? What are some related questions?

What is a fiction story? Is there more than one kind of fiction story? How can we use our
imagination to come up with interesting stories?

Materials:

Introductory book, pictures of different characters

Preparation:

Have introductory books ready, as well as pictures printed out for students

Adaptations:

Pick students groups for better focus and staying on task

Lesson Procedure:
 1. Gather students at carpet to start ELA
2. Review
- What have we been writing about lately?
- What do we remember about writing this way? What is it called? And how do
we do it?
3. Introduce fiction writing
- Now we are going to focus on doing something you guys are already really
good at
- Introduce the topic of fiction and what fiction means in contrast with non-
fiction books- use Elizabeth anchor chart
- Talk about different kinds of fiction books
o Realistic vs. completely imaginary
- What kinds of things do fiction books talk about?
o Adventure, romance, being brave,
4. Today I want to start by talking about completely imaginary books
- I want you guys to listen to the story and try to figure out the aspects of it that
make it a fiction book instead of a non-fiction book
5. Read the book
- Discuss the aspects we noticed
- Talk about the book
6. Activity- show students images the teacher has printed off
- Explain the fiction stories often have an important character that the story is
centralized around
- Photos will be placed in different areas of the room- groups of students will be
given 5 minutes at different pictures to orally tell stories to one another about
the character that is in the picture
- Teacher will travel around the room at this time to make sure students are
understanding the concept
7. Stop students after rotations at 3 different stations- tell students to grab their
picture and teacher will pair them with another group- the will us the picture they
have to partner up with second group and share the stories they have created
8. Gather students back at the carpet- teacher gathers all pictures- ask students if any
of them would like to share the stories they have created
9. Concluding discussion- what did we learn today? What is a fiction book? How is
it different than non-fiction writing?

Assessment:

How will you know if students met your lesson objectives? What assessment tool or
strategy are you using? What are you looking for in this formative assessment?

Formative

- Student ability to distinguish between fiction and non-fiction books

- Students ability to orally tell a fiction story
 - Students ability to pretend and be creative with telling a fiction story
Lesson Reflection:

This is a space for notes after you’ve taught the lesson.