WritingBinoculars:Using5Senses

Subject:ELAWritingActivity:Writing/UsingYourBinocularsSetting:3rdgradegeneraleducation#ofStudents:27

StatementofObjective: CCSS.ELALITERACY.W.3.3Writenarrativestodeveloprealorimagined Accommodations

*Observable/Measurable(A,B,C,D) experiencesoreventsusingeffectivetechnique,descriptivedetails,andclearevent
*GLCE/IEP sequences.Oneparagraphwithatleasttwosentencesdescribingthesensesinasetting.
Materials: Settingcards
*Preparedandorganized Compositionnotebooksandpencils
*Availableforall
Opening: Askstudentswhatthe5sensesare(sight,sound,smell,feel,taste) Iwillbeusinga
*Gainattention/motivate Askstudentsiftheyknowwhatbinocularsareandtopredictwhatwriting microphoneso
*Activatepriorknowledge binocularsare studentswhocant
~link/relate;assess;preparefornew Writingbinoculars:goodwritersusewritingbinocularswhenwriting hearverywellwill
learning(e.g.vocabulary) beabletohearme
descriptivenarrativestoriesinordertofocusinonwhattheyarewriting
*Stategoals/setpurpose loudlyandclearly
about.Usingwritingbinocularsmakesitsothereadercanimaginebeingin
~explaintask:why,what,how,and
yourstory. Ifstudentsareon
when
forstrategies Statelearningtarget:Icanusemywritingbinocularstodescribemy5senses bestbehaviorand
*Cleardirections (sight,sound,smell,feel,taste). areontask,they
willreceivearock

Presentation: Explainwewillpracticedescribingthesettingofastorybyusingour5senses Tylerwillsitnear

Teacher: Passoutsettingcards thefrontofthe
*Varietyoflearning(T/S,S/S,S/T) Rules:Dontshareyoursettingcardwithanyone.Youget15minutesto roomsohe
*Organizationalframework writeinyournotebooks.Youwilldescribeyoursettingbyusingyourwriting doesntget
~construct,clarify,andlinkconceptsin distractedaseasily
binoculars.Describethe5senses:whatdoyouseewhenyoureatthisplace?
a
Howdoyoufeelatthisplace?Whatdoyouhear?Whatdoyousmell?What
meaningfulcontext Asalynsometimes
doyoutaste?Thecatch:Youcannotusethewordonyourcardwhen hastroubleseeing
*Presentvisually,verbally,
kinesthetically, describingyourplace.Attheend,youwillshareyourwritingwithyour theboard,soIwill
realworld(e.g.LESH) neighbortoseeiftheycanguesswhatwasonyourcard.Thisactivity provideachairfor
*Modelandthinkaloudtomakevisible practicesusingwritingbinocularsforwhenwewriteourownstorieslater herinthefrontso
~languagepractices/processes today. shecanmove
~learningstrategiesandadaptations ModelanexamplewithmysettingcardandhowIcanusemywriting closerwhen
(how, binoculars needed
whenandwhy)
Iwillleavemy
exampleonthe
boardsostudents
cangetacloser
lookiftheywant
to.
GuidedPractice: Passoutsettingcardsandbeginactivity.Iwillwalkaroundtoassiststudents Iwilluseatimer
*Activityrelatedto Studentswriteintheircompositionnotebooks thatwilllet
presentation/objectives Studentsmustusethewhole15minutestowrite.Ifastudentthinkshehas studentsknow
*Activestudentparticipation finishedearly,hecanaddontohissettingcardtowriteaministory,using howmuchtimeis
~providerationaleforassignment lefttowrite.
evenmoredescriptions.
~multisensoryandrealworld
Afterthe8minutesofwritingtimeisup,studentswillsharewithaneighbor
~instructionaldialogue Forthosewho
whattheywroteandguesstheirpartnerssettingcard writequickly,Iam
*Transferofcontrol
~studentsexplain,justify,clarify,think Iwillchoosestudentswhowrotedetaileddescriptionstosharewithclasstheir havingthewhole
aloud writing classwriteforthe
*Checkforunderstanding Formativeassessment:14howconfidenttheyfeelaboutusingtheirwriting whole10minutes.
~ensurehighsuccessrate binocularsforthe5senses Thatway,other
~appropriatefeedback:praise,prompt, studentswontfeel
probe/question(inZPD) IndividualPractice: pressuredtofinish
IndividualPractice: ReadFirstDayattheBeachasanexamplenarrativethatuseswriting quickly.
~assess/errordrill binoculars
~monitorandadjustinstruction Studentswillbe
Studentswillbeginwritingashortnarrativestoryonatopicoftheirchoice
*Management/monitoring abletobothsee
usingtheirwritingbinoculars.Studentsmustdescribethe5senses(Writing andlistento
~scan,circulate,assess,support,praise
willcontinueintothelessontomorrow) writingbinocular
Studentswillshareinsmallgroupswhattheywrote examples
Readsomeexamplestotheclass(Sharingwillcontinueintothelesson
tomorrow)
Closing: Wholeclass:Askwhyitsimportantforwriterstousewritingbinoculars
*Adequatetime Continuewritingandsharingnarrativestomorrow
*Studentssummarizecontentand Tonightthinkaboutwhatyouwanttowriteabout
accomplishments
*Assess/identifynewgoals
*Linktofuturelearning