Sarah Campbell

Teacher: Mrs. Roach

Grade Level: 2nd

Subject Area: Writing

Length of Lesson: 30 min

Desired Results
Indiana Academic Standard(s)
Sarah Campbell
1. 2.W.3.3 Develop topics for friendly letters, stories, poems, and other narrative
purposes that
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Include a beginning.

Use temporal words to signal event order (e.g., first of all).

Provide details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings.

Provide an ending.

Enduring Understandings
Format a story with a beginning middle
and end.
Recognize the use of opinion in life,
readings, and dramas.
Build a proper story with structure and
evidence to support the topic sentence
and opinion.

Essential Question(s)
What is a topic sentence?
What is an opinion?
What is the basic story structure
(hamburger paragraphs)?
When do you use an opinion versus
other types of writing?
How do I provide evidence for my
opinion?

Knowledge and Skill Objectives

SWBAT
create a topic sentence and use it correctly in a story
organize a paper into a beginning, middle, and end
define an opinion as what someone believes
use an opinion in writing and point out an opinion in a piece of literature
Assessment Evidence
Students will have completed a worksheet and a short packet of their own about the
correct formatted order of a story. I will ask the essential questions to the class to
conclude the lesson.
Learning Plan
Learning Activities
Presentation about Hamburger paragraphs
Worksheet on what a topic sentence is
Packet about hamburger paragraphs
Discussion about both topic sentences and opinion writing as well as the beginning
middle and end of a story
Resources and Materials
Mrs. Roach
My mom
Teachers pay teachers website
Required Accommodations/Modifications

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Name____________________________________ Date_______ Period____
Lesson Plan Evaluation & Teaching Reflection
Was the content worth knowing? Support your response.
Yes the content is worth knowing because later in higher grades every student is going to have
to write essays and stories for English and composition classes.
Describe how the activity was developmentally appropriate.
I sat down and discussed what objective would fit into the classes timeline and discussed what
she usually does. My teacher gave me a couple of resources
Give an example of how you know the activity was interesting to the children.
The activity was interesting for the kids because all of them wanted to participate and answer
questions.
Describe how the activity included opportunities for the children to test their knowledge.
The kids could test their knowledge of the subject by trying to answer the questions I asked
before explaining the topic and giving them all of the information.
Describe a follow up activity that would build on concepts you have presented.
A good follow up activity would be for all of the kids to write an opinion story of their own.
What behavior(s) did you observe while presenting the activity? What do you think caused the
behavior(s)?
I saw a lot of kids getting really excited. There was a lot of shouting out answers and
discussion among the kids after each question I asked. At one point we had to take a 3-minute
silent break because it was to loud. This behavior was most likely caused because they were
testing me to see what they could get away with and because were excited about the assignment.
How did you involve the children in the closure of the activity?
I included the kids in the closure of the activity by discussing with them what we had talked
about and then each student said one thing they learned.
Describe what changes you would make and what you would keep the same if you presented the
activity again.
If I were to do this activity again I would start it earlier so that we had more time to get thing
done and it wouldnt have to be rushed. I would also add in an activity that is hands on because I
like being able to have active activities. Also I would bring more examples and ways to
demonstrate hamburger paragraphs.