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Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Big Ideas

Essential
Questions

PA/Common
Core/Standards
Objectives
Bloom's
Taxonomy
Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative &
Summative
Assessment
Evidence

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Kelcey Miller PDE Lesson Plan @ www.pdesas.org
English Language Arts
1
2 class periods, 40 minutes each
The basic elements of a story help us comprehend its
meaning. When the basic elements of a story are
changed, our comprehension of the story changes too.
How can we use our prior knowledge of a familiar story
to create a new story?
Why are the elements of a story important?
When the basic elements of a story are altered, how
does this affect our comprehension of the story?
Why is it important to include characters, setting, plot,
etc. in a story?
How do these elements help us interpret the story?
Standard CC.1.2.1.A : Identify the main idea and retell
key details of text.
Students will be able to identify and create basic story
elements using familiar fairy tales and utilize
technology to effectively create a modified fairy tale
with 90% or greater accuracy, over two lessons.

Regular Education Students:

Student participation during teacher reading
Student participation during creation of the class
fractured fairy tale
Grading the individual fractured fairy tales using a
rubric
For ELLs:
Speaking: Teacher will listen for the correct
pronunciation of words as students work in groups of
two and also when students speak in whole-class
discussions.
Writing: Teacher will assess students writing skills as
they create their fractured fairy tales.
Reading: Teacher checks for understanding by having
the ELLs repeat the sentences on their story boards
after their buddies read them.
Listening: Teacher observes the students abilities to
follow directions. Did they change a few elements of
their stories when prompted? Did they listen and follow
along during the reading of the Big Idea? Did they work
with their partner during the creation of the fractured

CK

ISTE Standards
for Students

Framework for
21st Century
Learning

Accommodation
s, Modifications

fairy tale?
Family: Teacher asks if there was a certain fairy tale
that their families read to them when they were
younger.
Culture: Teacher asks ELLs if they know any fairy tales
that are popular in their culture. She provides examples
of a few Spanish fairy tales in order to get them
thinking.
Grading the individual fractured fairy tales using a
modified rubric with check boxes
Students use the online fractured fairy tale creator to
demonstrate their creativity and work collaboratively
with their partners.
Teacher shows students a link about the history of fairy
tales.

There is an interactive story at

https://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.ht
ml that helps students identify the elements of a story.
The website reads Cinderella to them and gives a
review of the different elements of the story. Students
can test their skills with the multiple choice test.
ELL Students:
I would modify the interactive story activity for ELLs by
reading Cinderella to them using Total Physical
Response. I would also change the format of the
questions. I would change them to yes/no questions.
Instead of a question reading What is the setting of
Cinderella? and giving the student several different
answer choices, I would make the question into a
statement. The statement might be The setting of
Cinderella is a faraway kingdom. The student would
have to respond to this statement by writing and saying
yes or no.

SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE

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Procedures
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Plan
Introduction

CK
Activating Prior Knowledge
Teacher asks the students to write a short fairy tale in
their journals.
ELL students will develop a story board using pictures.
Stage 2 ELLs can write short sentences that explain each
picture.

Explicit
Instructions

Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
Teacher puts the students into groups of three and they
share their stories with one another.
ELL students can share their stories by pointing to the
pictures on their story boards and having their buddies
read the sentence related to the picture. ELLs repeat the
phrases (in English and Spanish) after their buddies.
Ask the students what would happen if the basic
elements (characters, setting, plot, etc.) of a story were
changed. Teacher reads the students a sample of a fairy
tale where the elements are altered
(http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactive
s/fairytales/).
Teacher asks the ELL students the same question, but
prompts them to respond in English and their native
language (Spanish). The altered version of the fairy tale
is provided in Spanish.
Teacher instructs the students to change a few elements
of their stories such as characters, setting, and plot.
Then, the teacher randomly chooses a student by pulling
one of their names out of a hat. The student who is
picked shares how they have changed their story with
the class.
ELL students replace some of the pictures on their story
boards to change their stories. If an ELL is chosen to
share with the class, the teacher will allow the student
to speak in Spanish. The teacher will then help the
student explain their response in English.
Big Idea Statement
Teacher asks students to read the Big Idea that is posted
on the board.
Teachers will point to the Big Idea so that ELLs can listen
and follow along as the class reads the statement(s). ELL
students in the second stage could repeat the
statement(s) after the teacher reads them.
Essential Questions Statement
Teacher asks the students the essential questions.
Students respond to the questions.
Teacher will point to each word of the question as she
reads them. After the general education students
respond to the questions, the teacher will write the
responses on the board next to the questions. ELLs will
either follow along as the class reads the responses
together or they will read them aloud too.
Objective Statement
Teacher informs students that they will be learning about
fractured fairy tales or fairy tales in which the main
elements of the story have been changed. She relates
this idea of change to a science experiment. She lets
them feel a rough, splintered piece of wood. Then, she

Lesson
Procedure
Must include

rubs a piece of sandpaper on the wood, smoothing out

the rough parts. She asks the students what happened
to the piece of wood, then informs them that the wood
has been changed as the result of her doing something
to change it. Teacher passes around the smooth piece of
wood for the students to feel. Teacher gives the students
a brief history of fairy tales and fractured fairy tales
(http://www.theaterseatstore.com/fractured-fairy-tales).
Teacher tells the students that they will be reading a few
familiar fairy tales and reviewing the elements of the
stories. There will also be the opportunity for them to
create their own fractured fairy tale. Teacher asks the
students what the elements of a story are.
Teacher provides examples of Spanish fairy tales. She
asks ELLs if they know any fairy tales that are popular in
their culture. She also asks if there was a certain fairy
tale that their families read to them when they were
younger. After the students have given all the elements
of a story, the teacher states the elements and the
students repeat.
Transition
Students will play a quick game of beach ball vocabulary
before moving onto the next activity. Teacher uses a
permanent marker to write the key vocabulary words on
a beach ball (this is done beforehand). Students sit in a
circle. Teacher tosses ball to a student. Student must
give the definition and an example of the word that their
thumb lands on.
The words on the ball are written in English and Spanish.
Teacher helps ELL students sound out the word that their
thumb lands on. If the student does not know a
definition or example, they can consult a buddy.
Key Vocabulary
Plot: the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or
dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story
Setting: when and where a story takes place
Character: someone or something represented in a
drama, story, etc.
Point of view: the position of the narrator in relation to
the story, as indicated by the narrator's outlook from
which the events are depicted and by the attitude
toward the characters.
Problem of the story: the particular situation the
character faces in a story
Genre: of or pertaining to a distinctive literary type
The vocabulary terms are translated into Spanish for the
ELLs.
PreAssessment of Students
Teacher provides the students with an original copy of
The Three Little Pigs and a version in which some

adaptations &
accommodation
s for students
with special
needs

major elements have been changed. Before they read

the fairy tales as a class, teacher asks the students what
they think the story will be about based on the title and
the pictures. Students are required to identify the
differences between the original fairy tale and the
fractured fairy tale. Teacher asks the students to count
the number of differences that were found. Teacher also
asks students if the original fairy tale reminds them of
something that has happened in their own lives (text-toself connection), something that has happened in
another book they have read (text-to-text connection),
or something that has happened in the world (text-toworld connection).
ELL students are given Spanish copies of the original
and fractured fairy tale. Teacher also provides them with
a T chart to better organize the elements (plot, setting,
character, point of view, and problem) of two versions.
ELLs give their response of the number of differences
using their fingers. Teacher frames the responses for the
question regarding connections. For the text-to-self
connection, she gives the students the phrase This
reminds me of when I For the text-to-text connection,
she might say, This reminds me of another book that I
read She frames their responses for the text-to-world
connection by saying, This makes me think about
Modeling of the Concept
Teacher projects the website
(http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactive
s/fairytales/) onto the screen. She demonstrates how to
create a fractured fairy tale of Jack and the Bean Stalk
using the website.
The fairy tale and the teachers changes to the fairy tale
are translated into Spanish for the ELL student.
Guiding the Practice
After the teacher demonstrates, she asks for volunteers
to offer ideas of different elements they would like to
add to the fractured fairy tale of Little Red Riding
Hood. The class works together to create a new
fractured fairy tale.
Teacher provides ELL students with sentence strips so
they only have to fill in a few words that they would
change.
Providing the Independent Practice
The students get into pairs and teacher passes out a
blank fairy tale template of The Princess and the Pea
to each student. Teacher informs students that they will
be writing their own fractured fairy tales. They can
decorate their fairy tales using stickers and colored
pencils if they choose. Students will also receive the
rubric for the assignment.

The templates distributed to the ELL students will have

pictures that accompany the words. Teacher gives these
students a paper copy of a sample fractured fairy tale
that they may refer to as they create their own. ELL
students will also receive a rubric with visuals of each
required element. The rubric will have boxes where the
students can check off each element that they have
included in their projects.
Transition
After students have completed the fractured fairy tales
in their groups, they will walk around the room and visit
two other groups. They will exchange templates and
read each others fairy tales.
General education students in groups with ELLs will read
the other teams fairy tale, allowing the ELLs to follow
along as they read.
Adaptations/Accommodations for Students with Special
Needs
Students with autism with sensory issues who do not like
the texture of paper could complete their fractured fairy
tales on the computer.
Students with cerebral palsy who have dexterity
problems can complete the activity on the computer
with the help of voice recognition software. They can say
their responses and the software will type it for them.
See the text in red for adaptations/accommodations for
ELLs.
Evaluation of
Formal Evaluation
the
The students fractured fairy tales will be graded with a
Learning/Master
rubric (http://kelceymillerteachingell.weebly.com/elly of the
lesson-plan-rubric.html).
Concept
ELL students fractured fairy tales are graded with a
visual rubric with check boxes.
Informal Evaluation
During the lesson, students are asked what would occur
if the basic elements (characters, setting, plot, etc.) of a
story were changed.
They are also asked the essential questions.
Teacher asks students what the main elements of a story
are.
Teacher walks around the room while the pairs create
their fractured fairy tales. She checks for overall
understanding of the activity.
At the end of the lesson, students are asked what they
learned.
ELL students are asked the same questions during the
lesson, but they are prompted to respond in English and
Spanish. There are also opportunities for them to repeat
answers that have already been given.

Closure

Reading
Materials
Technology
Equipment
Supplies

Teacher
Self-reflection

Summary & Review of the Learning

As a wrap up, teacher asks students to reflect on their
experience with writing their own fractured fairy tales.
She asks them what happened when they changed
different elements of the fairy tale. (Did the plot change?
Did the characters change? Did the order of the story
change?)
Teacher asks students what the objective of the day was.
Teacher asks students how they met the objective.
Homework/Assignments
Students will take their fractured fairy tales home and
share them with their families.
Internet access
(http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactive
s/fairytales/)
Copies of the fairy tales: Jack and the Beanstalk, Little
Red Riding Hood, and The Princess and the Pea (and
Spanish versions of the fairy tales for the ELL students)
Samples of fairy tales popular in Spanish culture (ex:
The Wolf Child, The Magic Mirror, The Seven
Pigeons)
Paper
Pencil
Computers (stations or a lab)
Printer
Lined Paper to write the fractured fairy tale or copies of
the fractured fairy tale template found at
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactive
s/fairytales/
Optional:
o Interactive whiteboard (IWB)
o Projector
o Construction paper, decorations, and colored pencils for
the authentic fairy tale
o Copies of the fractured fairy tale from the website
o Rubric
Note: This lesson plan was taken from pdesas.org,
Lesson plans for 1st grade, allowable by PDE
(http://www.pdesas.org/ContentWeb/Content/Content/49
06/Lesson%20Plan).