Joe Harrison Carter Elementary School Lesson Plan

Joe Harrison Carter Elementary School Lesson Plan

Unit Title:
Writing/Language Arts / Subject:
Writing/LA / Dates:
8-20/8-24 / Grade:
5th / Teacher:
B. Birge
Day One Learning Targets:
L.5.2
I can apply correct capitalization when writing. (K)
I can apply correct punctuation when writing. (K)
I can apply correct spelling when writing. (K)
Day One Activities:
Daily oral language
Understanding how YOU is the subject in an imperative sentence pages 14-15 in Lang. Arts book
Do numbers 1-14 whole group, then do numbers 15-24 individually for FA / Day One Formative Assessments:
Exit slip: #’s 15-24
Day One HOT Questions:
How would you PROVE that YOU is the subject of an imperative sentence?
Day Two Learning Targets:
L.5.2
I can apply correct capitalization when writing. (K)
I can apply correct punctuation when writing. (K)
I can apply correct spelling when writing. (K)
RI.5.4
I can understand grade-level and content vocabulary.
Day Two Activities:
Daily oral language
Describe a thesaurus
Using the Thesaurus: give each student a book to use for word hunt. (students will draw from a list of words to look up, write the synonym, antonym and how to use the word in a sentence / Day Two Formative Assessments:
Exit slip of word hunt
:
Day Two HOT Questions:
Based on what you know, how would you explain the importance of using a thesaurus and why?
Day Three Learning Targets:
L.5.2
I can apply correct capitalization when writing. (K)
I can apply correct punctuation when writing. (K)
I can apply correct spelling when writing. (K)
W.5.3
I can describe narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, pacing, etc.
I can write a narrative piece through the writing process.
Day Three Activities:
Daily oral language
Critical Thinking….A Strategy for Narrating
Learning the Strategy
Using the Strategy
Applying the Strategy
Pages 22-23
Read The Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars pages 24-28
Do the “Writing to Learn” on page 29 / Day Three Formative Assessments:
Observation of writing
Day Three HOT Questions:
Do you agree with the strategies for narrating?
Day Four Learning Targets:
L.5.2
I can apply correct capitalization when writing. (K)
I can apply correct punctuation when writing. (K)
I can apply correct spelling when writing. (K)
W.5.3
I can describe narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, pacing, etc.
I can write a narrative piece through the writing process.
Day Four Activities:
Daily oral language
Introduce writing using quotation marks pages 34-35
Do examples on the board (quotations at the beginning, middle and end)
Focus on the Narrator pages 36-37 / Day Four Formative Assessments:
Discussion and Exit Slip
Day Four HOT Questions:
Compare quotations at the beginning, middle and end of a sentence?
Day Five Learning Targets:
L.5.2
I can apply correct capitalization when writing. (K)
I can apply correct punctuation when writing. (K)
I can apply correct spelling when writing. (K)
W.5.3
I can describe narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, pacing, etc.
I can write a narrative piece through the writing process.
Day Five Activities:
Writing a personal narrative through the writing process:
Prewriting
Draft
Revising
Proofreading
Publishing
Work on prewriting (brainstorming) as whole group
Write an introduction paragraph as whole group / Day Five Formative Assessments:
Observation of using the prewriting (brainstorming) Discussion of the writing process.
Day Five HOT Questions:
What is the most important step in the writing process?

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