Teachercandidate:NatashaAckerman,JacquelineNwaiwu,MeghanCarlson

Date:July27,2016
Grade/level:Grade5
Schoolandcooperatingteacher:
Language:EnglishasaSecondLanguage
UNITLEVEL(page1)
InstructionalContextUnitLevel
WhatdoIknowaboutmystudentsandtheircommunitiesthatwillinformthisunitorlesson?(prior
academiclearning,everydayexperiences,interests,culturalbackgrounds)
StudentsaregradefiveintermediatelevelproficiencyEnglishlearners.Comingfromanurbanpublic
schoolsetting,studentsarerepresentativeofmanydifferentculturalandethnicbackgrounds.By
havingstudentscreatingtheirownstories,studentsareencouragedtodrawfromtheirbackgrounds.

Howdoesthislessonconnectwithandbuildonthepreviouslesson(s)?
Studentshavebeenlearningaboutidentifyingcharactertraits.Nowstudentswillbebuildingtheir
owncharacters,andmustidentifytraitsoftheirpeerscharacters

Stage1DesiredResults(UnitLevel)
EstablishedGoals:(standards)
CCSS.ELALITERACY.RL.5.2
Determineathemeofastory,drama,orpoemfromdetailsinthetext,includinghowcharactersina
storyordramarespondtochallengesorhowthespeakerinapoemreflectsuponatopic;summarize
thetext.
ELDStandard2TheLanguageofLanguageArts
StudentsatalllevelsofEnglishproficiencyANALYZEtextfeaturesrelatedtonarrativepointsofview.

Understandings:
Studentswillunderstandwhattextcharacteristics
arecommoninanarrativetext.
Studentswillunderstandhowtoidentify
characteristics.
StudentswillunderstandhowtouseGaragebandto
recordanoralstory.

EssentialQuestions:
Howcanweusethecharacteristicsofa
narrativestorytoincreasecomprehension?

Objectives(studentswillbeableto)

Contentobjectives
Studentswillbeabletoidentifycharacteristics
ofastory.
StudentswillbeabletouseGaragebandto
recordanoralstory.

Languageobjectives
Studentswillbeabletoreciteastory.
Studentswillbeabletolistentoothersintarget
languagetoanswerquestions.

Stage2AssessmentEvidence(includehowassessmentswillbedifferentiatedtomeetspecific
needs(IEPS,etc.)ifnecessary)
Summativeperformancetask(s):

StudentswillturnintheGarageBandrecordingof
theoralstory

Studentswillturninaccompanyingworksheetthat
guidesthemtoanswerquestionsonpartner'sstory.

Toaccommodatevisuallearnersandstudentswith
lowerliteracy,wewillincludevisualsonthestory
maptogivecluesaboutdifferentelements.

Otherformativeassessments:

Studentsanswerandaskquestionswhile
teachermodelsstorytellingandquestioning.

Trackstudentparticipationincollaboration
andcontributionintoGaragebandproject.

Checkinwithpartnershipstoaskquestions
aboutstudentsstories.

Toaccommodatevisuallearnersandstudents
withlowerliteracy,wewillincludevisualson
thestorymaptogivecluesaboutdifferent
elements.

Stage3DailyLearningPlan
Materialsneeded(includingtechnologyandrelatedapplications):
ComputerswithGarageband(1computerperpartnership)
Storymapworksheets
DailyLanguageObjectives:
Preactivityobjectives:Listentostory,Answerquestions,Identifystoryelements
Duringactivityobjectives:Communicatewithpartner,Recordoralstory
Postactivityobjectives:Listentostory,Communicatewithpartner,Identifystoryelements

WhatIdo

Whatstudentsdo

Groupings

Preactivitie
s:
(Day1)

Playorreciteanoralstoryto Dissectasclass.
Classwork
class.
Modelquestions,
encouragestudentsto

Timeframe
20
minutes

Modelquestioningstory
answer
elements:Describe

characters,storyelements,
conflict/resolutionuse
storymap
Afterdiscussion,putstudents
ingroupsandassign
GarageBandoralstorytelling
task.Allowstudentstomeet
withpartnerandstart
thinkingofstoryideasover
night.

During
activities:

Circulateroomtoprovide
technicalandlanguage
support.

Studentsworkwith
partnertouse
garagebandtorecord
astory.Partnersmust
worktogetherand
bothvoicesmustbe
representedinthe
project.

Partnerships
(assignedby
teacher)

1hour
(fullclass)

Post
activities:

Provideworksheetforthe
students

Studentswillfillout
worksheet,recording
thestoryelements.

Partnerships

30
minutes
(nextday)

CoTeachingstrategies:*teamteaching*alternative(differentiated)*supplemental*parallel
station*oneteachoneassist*oneteachoneobserve
Reflectionsandfeedback
Whatworkedandforwhom?Why?

Whatdidntworkandforwhom?Why?

Howwillstudentsusethefeedbackyouhavegiventhem?

Whatareinstructionalnextstepsbasedonthedatafromthisplan?