Course: Language Arts

Course: Language Arts / 4th Grade / Date: 1-10-2010
Content Objective(s): Students will complete a retelling of the 3 Little Pigs including character, setting, conflict, and resolution. (Reading 1.4.10)
Literacy Performance Objective(s):
Students will work with a partner to write a retelling.
Students will record the retelling using the document camera.
Students will read and listen to other group retellings to evaluate.
Time / Content / Process
Pre-Instruction Focus 5 min / Students will focus on the goal of retelling. / Tell students they will be reviewing how to retell a narrative text.
Have students retell the events of the day so far along with a partner, reminding them to focus only on the main events.
Set your timer for 1 minute for Partner A and reset for Partner B.
Readiness
Activity
10 minutes
Materials:
Your favorite version of The 3 Little Pigs
Document Camera / Students will have a narrative text to retell. / Read your favorite version of the 3 Little Pigs using the document camera. Focus on any pictures available.
Learning Activities
20 minutes
Materials:
Retelling Questions G.O for each student
Document Camera / Students will have the base questions to use for retellings. / Give out the Retelling Questions Graphic Organizer. Use the AverVisor on your document camera to reveal each question slowly for students
Setting
• When and where does the story take place?
• What clues or pictures in the story helped you know what the setting is?
• If the setting were different, how would the story be different?
Plot
• What happened at the beginning of the story?
• What was the problem in the story?
• What did the characters do to try to solve the
problem?
• How did the problem get solved?
Characters
• What do you know about the characters in
this story?
• What did their actions tell you about them?
• How do they change or grow during the story?
Give students 10 minutes to answer the questions in partners using 3 Little Pigs .
Differentiated Activities
30 minutes
Materials:
Document Camera
Windows Movie Maker
Clay
Paper and Markers
Picture Book of the 3 Little Pigs. / Students write and record a retelling of the 3 Little Pigs. / In same partners, students write a retelling of the 3 Little Pigs from the Retelling Questions.
The retelling is to be no longer than 1 minute in length. (Have a Kagan Timer or the timer on the document camera going for a reference point.)
There are 3 options for retellings.
Beyond: Students would form the characters, setting, and necessary props out of clay. Students will then use the Continuous Capture Option in the Aver + Software to create a “claymation” sequence capturing pictures (scenes) to do the retelling.
A setting option would be about a 3 minute time span with 20 second intervals. (Please see attached notes.) Students would be required to have 8-10 scenes to retell. (Students would read their retellings while doing the continuous capture, but will record sound later.)
After students have recorded their 8-10 pictures, they will import them into Windows Movie Maker. Students will then use the Narration feature on Windows MovieMaker to complete the retelling with audio.
On-Level: Students will create paper cut-outs of characters, setting, and necessary props. Students will then use the video camera Option in the Aver+ software to move pieces in and out of the screen area. While moving the pieces, students will be reading their already written retelling. (Students will have 1 minute or less to complete recording.)
Approaching: Students will choose 5-8 pictures from the picture book to go with the already written retelling. Students will mark those pictures will sticky notes to make them easily accessible. One student will read the retelling, while the other turns to the picture pages to accompany the retelling.
Review Key Concepts & Vocabulary
20 minutes
Materials:
Document Camera
Projector
Speakers
Ratings Sheets / Students will evaluate retellings for accuracy. / Students receive a Retellings Ratings Sheet.
Whole group watching of partner retellings. Each student will evaluate based on character, setting, plot, simplicity, and creativity.
Discuss each as it is presented.
Evidence of the content and literacy performance objectives being met looks like…
Students are engaged and on-task.
Students have complete-sentence and accurate answers for the Retelling Questions about the 3 Little Pigs.
Student evaluations will be accurate. (Possibly ask a group to leave an element out and monitor.)
Notes:
Please see the attached video file for examples of Beyond and On-Level activities.
To Change to Continuous Capture Settings:
Go to the Settings Tab at the bottom of the toolbar.

RETELLING QUESTIONS

Fill in the missing words as you hear them.

Setting

• ______and ______does the story take place?

• What ______or pictures in the story helped you know what the setting is?

• If the setting were ______, how would the story be ______?

Plot

• What happened at the ______of the story?

• What was the ______in the story?

• What did the ______do to try to solve the problem?

• How did the ______get solved?

Characters

• What do you know about the ______in this story?

• What did their ______tell you about them?

• How do they ______or ______during the story?

Evaluating Retellings NAME: ______

Group 1