TPACK Creating Assignment Template

Content Knowledge

Subject English

Grade Level 1st Grade

Learning Objective 1.12 The student will write in a variety of forms to

include narrative, descriptive, and opinion.
a) Identify audience and purpose.
b) Use prewriting activities to generate ideas.
c) Focus on one topic.
d) Organize writing to suit purpose.
e) Revise by adding descriptive words when
writing about people, place, things, and events.
f) Write to express an opinion and give a reason.
g) Use letters to phonetically spell words.
h) Share writing with others.
1.13 The student will edit writing for capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling.
a) Use complete sentences.
b) Begin each sentence with a capital letter and
use ending punctuation.
c) Use correct spelling for commonly used sight
words and phonetically regular words.
Pedagogy Planning

Complete this sentence by naming the technology tool and the creation activity:

In this activity, my students are going to use ABCya Storymaker to create a fiction story about anything
they choose. I will require them to have at least 4 storybook pages (including a title page). As a class, we
have been learning about the parts of stories (beginning, middle and end), using complete sentences, and
using capital letters and punctuation in the correct place. The students will be expected to apply their
knowledge to create their stories.
Pedagogy

Activity
1. The teacher will explain to students that they
are going to practice writing a narrative by
creating their own story book. The students
will practice skills that are required of them by
the VA standards for 1st grade.
2. The students will grab their laptops from the
laptop cart in the classroom.
3. Students will be asked to log on to the website
that the story making program is on.
Technology
Web 2.0 Technology The students will be using computers to log onto the
Name of the device and/or programs being used. (The
description of what the students will be doing with the
website and create their story.
technology will be included in the pedagogy/activity section).

Link to the example product EXAMPLE PRODUCT

Mobile App Option This program does NOT have a mobile app. There is an
app on the iTunes app store called “My Story School
eBook Maker”. It costs $4.99. It allows the students to
complete the same type story creating activity.