Lesson Title: “Organizing Details for Personal Narrative Writing” Grade ...

[Pages:6]Lesson Title: "Organizing Details for Personal Narrative Writing" Grade Level: 1st Grade Unit Title: Personal Narratives Subject: English/Language Arts Developed by: Sunday Matousek

Abstract: Kidspiration is a great computer program that provides lower elementary students with tools to express their ideas. For this lesson, students will use this program to organize their ideas for writing a personal narrative in a story map/web. The map asks the "who," "what," "when," "where," and "why" about a personal event the students have encountered.

Mi Standard:

W.PR.01.01 Students will, with teacher support, set a purpose, consider audience, and incorporate literary language when writing a narrative or informational piece; begin to use specific strategies including graphic organizers when planning.

NETS:

Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:

a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes. b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression. c. use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.

Technology Operations and Concepts: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students:

d. transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.

Big Ideas:

? A personal narrative tells a story through a sequence of events. ? Sentences in a personal narrative should be connected to each other through

words such as "before," "next," "after," etc. ? A personal narrative should have a beginning, middle, and end. ? A personal narrative should have (a) character(s).

Essential Questions:

? What is the purpose of writing a personal narrative? ? Who is your audience? ? What happened first in the story you are telling? Second? Third? ? Who are the characters in your story (including yourself)? What do you/they look

like? ? When did this event happen? ? Where did this event take place? What does this place look like? ? Why did this event take place?

Objectives:

1. The learner will demonstrate an ability to brainstorm and organize ideas through a concept map.

2. The learner will demonstrate the ability to provide physical descriptions of characters and settings from a personal event through a concept map.

3. The learner will demonstrate basic computer-usage skills (using a keyboard, mouse, etc.) by using the "Personal Narrative: Collecting Details" map on the computer program called Kidspiration.

Materials:

? Computer ? Kidspiration program ? Headphones

Assessment: There will only be formative assessments at this point in the unit. The teacher will look over each student's story map and give the students feedback on their progress in the unit. The summative assessment for the end of the unit will be of each student's final, written personal narrative.

Lesson Opening: Ask the students to think about an adventure they've been on in their lives. If students have trouble thinking of an adventure, ask them to think about something interesting they've seen or a significant event they've been through. Then, have them write down a few sentences about this event, and have them bring this information to the computer lab with them.

Exploration: The students will explore the Kidspiration program for about 10 minutes on their own. They will be asked to put on their headphones and hold the curser over different items on the toolbar, because when they do so, the program orally tells the students what that item does. They will be asked to click on the box that says "Picture View" in the top left hand corner of the main menu under the title "New."

Check for Understanding: The teacher will walk around the computer lab, and check on the students and answer any questions they may have. After the 10 minutes is up, the teacher will ask the students what sort of tools they found in the program, and what things they found to be confusing. Procedure: (All tasks are demonstrated by the teacher as they will be projected at the front of the class). After the questions are addressed, the students will be asked to click on the "X" to close out of their practice document. Students will be brought back to the main menu, and will be asked to click on the "Reading and Writing" folder under "Activities."

In this folder, they will be asked to go to the bottom of the list with the down arrow, and to select the middle document at the very bottom of the menu called "Personal Narrative: Collecting Details" (see next page for image).

1. Students will be asked to think about their personal adventure or event. 2. Students will choose a title for this experience, such as "My First Day of

Kindergarten," or "Our Family Camping Trip." 3. Students will type this title into the Event bubble at the top of the story map. 4. Students will then answer the five questions by typing the "who," "what,"

"when," "where," and "why" into the boxes below the question bubbles.

Check for Understanding: The teacher will then walk around the room, taking a look at each student's progress, and answering any questions he or she may have. Extended Practice: When finished answering the questions on the story map, students will be asked to change to the writing view by clicking the pencil and paper up in the left corner. This will allow students more space to write.

1. Students will be asked to think of ways they could add more details to their descriptions of the "who," "what," "when," "where," and "why" of their soon-tobe personal narrative.

2. Students will type in details of each element in the extra lines provided in the writing view.

Check for Understanding: The teacher will walk around the room again, looking at each student's progress, and answering any questions he or she may have.

Closing: Students will be asked to print off their story maps and return to the classroom with it. The class will then have a discussion about what they learned while working on this project and how it will help them write their personal narratives. Student's will hold onto these story maps and use them while writing out their complete stories.

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