Kelly Gallagher Resource Lesson Plans
Student Behaviors: The student behaviors evident in this activity will be
*Connections
*Personal – social
*Non-threatening
*student interaction
SLE/Objective:
IR.12.5.8
Use research to create an oral, written, or visual presentation/product.
Materials Needed: Paper and pencil, computer
Teaching Adolescent Writers
by Kelly Gallagher / Strategy: Ever Wonder Why?
Reference page # 115
Sequence of Lesson:
*Give students 8 questions from Douglas Smith’s Ever Wonder Why?
*Have students hypothesize answers
*Share answers
*model how to write a I Wonder Why List
*students write their list of things they wonder about
*students choose one to research the answer
*create a poster, power point, or glogster to present in class