The Day The Crayon Quit Lesson Plan

Teacher Name Karlee Schmitke Date March 14, 2018

Subject Area Creative Writing Grade 2
Topic The Day The Crayons Quit Time

General -identify and use words and sentences that have particular emotional effects
Learner -express thoughts or feelings related to the events in characters oral, print and
Outcome(s) other media texts
-use own and respond to others’ ideas to create a story
Specific
Learner
Outcome(s)

Learning -identify and use words and sentences that have particular emotional effects
Objectives -express thoughts or feelings related to the events in characters oral, print and
other media texts
-use own and respond to others’ ideas to create a story
Assessment -Students will write a creative story about what their crayons would say to
them. Approximately 5 sentences long.
- Assessed on correctness, use of emotional words, correctness and
creativeness
-Teacher observation.
Materials -Book- The Day The Crayons Quit
-Large Crayon Picture

Introduction Introduce students to words that express emotion and tell them to listen for
them while I am reading the book.

Body Read- The Day the Crayons Quit

Ask questions about how they think that the crayon is feeling? And why they
think that?
Introduce creative writing assignment. (What would your crayons tell you?)
Brainstorm with class words that they could use, write words on board for
reference for the students.
Closure -Ask students what type of words that they chose to use in their stories.
-Turn and share with your neighbor.
-Collect stories.
Crayon Colour Crayon’s Emotion
Red -Tired
-Exhausted
-Drained
-Worn Out

Purple Crayon -Frustrated

Beige Crayon -Sad

-Gloomy
-Disappointed

Grey Crayon -Over worked

White Crayon -Sad

-Pointless
-Worthless
-useless
-Empty

Black Crayon -Upset

-Irritated
-Peeved
-Angry

Green Crayon -Positive

-Fortunate
-Lucky
-Blessed
-Pleased
Yellow Crayon -Determined
-single-minded

Orange Crayon -Bossy

Blue Crayon -Tired

-Worn out
-Exhausted
Pink Crayon -Mistreated
-Neglected
-Ignored
Peach Crayon -Exposed
-Embarrassed