EDPC 605 Week 6 Learning Task and Assignment #2 (Writing)

ELA Writing

Activity-based lesson adjusted to Common Core.

Lesson topic: Grade level: 2^nd grade

AIM questions:

1.     What learning objectives/main ideas do students need to know (maximum of 3)?

·       State an opinion

·       Introduction of a topic

·       Answer questions based on reading

2.     What common core skills will be introduced or reinforced during the lesson?

·       CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.1
Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g.,because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

·       CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

·       CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.8
Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

3.     What academic and content specific vocabulary is introduced in this lesson?

·       Informative, explanatory, concluding, opinion, introduction, linking words

4.     What materials (e.g. Map, Song, and Activity Sheet) will I present to students?

·       Read the book “Stop that pickle.”

·       Worksheets on facts and opinions

·       Fact and opinion song

5.     How will I open the lesson (motivation) and capture student interest?

·       Discuss the difference between fact and opinion. Show youtube song video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAKprpl7aPo

·       Students do apples fact and opinion worksheet

6.     What additional individual/team/full class activities will I use to help students discover what they need to learn (suggest three)? If these are group activities, how will student groups be organized?

·       Students will Introduce a dessert and state 2 reasons why it is the best or the worst dessert.

·       Food/Dish research report. Students will make a report on any food they choose. Student must do research on food and create a diagram, sculpture, costume, poem, poster or song about the food. Written report of at least a paragraph must be included.

·       Fact and Opinion Game. Every student will receive a set of cards with different statements that are facts and opinions, Students will walk around the room sticking the cards that are a fact on the “fact board” and opinions on the “opinion board”

7.     How will I differentiate instruction with multiple entry points for diverse learners?

·       Use of music video about facts and opinions

·       Students walk around posting their facts and opinions

·       Students choice for research report

8.     What H.O.T. (Higher Order Thinking) questions will I ask to engage students in analysis and discussion?

·       What was your favorite part of the book and why?

·       Why is an introduction important?

9.     How will I assess student mastery of the skills, concepts and content taught in this lesson?

·       Students will complete their own fact and opinion worksheet

·       Homework-Book review (Book review template attached)

10.  How will I bring lesson to closure (summary questions)?

·       Discuss why introductions are important in a book. Read the book without the introduction and students can discuss the importance of needing an introduction.

11.  How will I reinforce and extend student learning?

·       Students read book at home and discuss the book the next day with their peers in groups

12.  What topics come next? Tomorrow? Day after?  

·       Discuss and create a class newspaper. Each student will write a short newspaper article about different topics seen in the newspaper.  (Sports, advice, current event, favorite cartoon etc.) Will put the newspaper together in class.

·       After newspaper is complete encourage students to review the newspaper with their family and discuss what they like about the newspaper.

13.  How do I evaluate this lesson?

·       Strengths-variety of activities for different learners

·       Weaknesses-more ideas for assessment

Link to Dropbox with Learning Tasks and Activiites