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Lesson Plan
Grade/Subject: Gr. 5/6 – Writer’s Workshop, Thurs, Nov. 22, 2018
OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES
General Learning Outcome(s)

General Outcome 4: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to enhance the clarity and
artistry of communication. (4.1 Enhance and improve)

General Outcome 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond
personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts. (2.4 Create original text)

Specific Learning Outcome(s)

Gr. 5:

2.4: -add sufficient detail to oral, print and other media texts to tell about setting and character, and to
sustain plot

4.1: -revise to add and organize details that support and clarify intended meaning

-edit for appropriate use of statements, questions and exclamations

Gr. 6:

2.4: -produce oral, print and other media texts that follow a logical sequence, and demonstrate clear
relationships between character and plot

-produce narratives that describe experiences and reflect personal responses

4.1: -revise to provide focus, expand relevant ideas and eliminate unnecessary information

-edit for appropriate verb tense and for correct pronoun references

-use paragraph structures in expository and narrative texts

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Revise their narrative stories (through the use of individual feedback and a list of
resources).
2. Compose additional elements of their story based on a logical sequence of plot events.

MATERIALS
-blue narrative story duotangs

PROCEDURE
Anticipatory Set

-Continuing our narrative stories today

-Last night, I read through everyone’s rough draft and loved what you have so far, all are making
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great progress!
-Students will find some edits and a sticky note full of feedback in their folders.
-Today is focused around editing and working hard at the unique stages we are all at in our stories
-Go through quote on board: “The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become it’s
reader instead of its writer” -Zadie Smith

Teacher Input

Go through instructions/components written on the board

-RESOURCES SECTION & STUDENT PROGRESS SECTIONS

-STUDENT PROGRESS: some students will notice sticky notes on their narrative folders, these
indicate what section of your story should be written today
- I = Intro, no sticky = Rising Action, C = Climax

-RESOURCES: these are all the different tools students can use if they are stuck or out of ideas
(Resources include: purple folders, blue duotangs, writer’s workshop notebooks, peer- and self-
editing sheets from earlier in the week, etc)

Guided Practice

-FIRST, we are going to read and revise our work – refer back to quote
-write 1)READ, 2) REVISE on the board

-5-10 minutes of silently reading our own stories and making any changes we think are necessary

Independent Practice

-As you notice students starting to finish up their self-edit, write the next on steps on the board
-3) WRTITE
-4) REPEAT

-write = once done reading and revising, keep writing and adding to stories
-there are 3 different groups of students today, check out the sticky note you have/ don’t have and
you will be focusing on that section of your story today

-repeat = as you write, continue to re-read your stories, edit them, and add to them.

-the rest of class will be a quiet work period, students will work independently on narrative stories
-utilize the list of resources on the board and check out the feedback I gave you if you are stuck!