Unit 1 Lesson 5: Story Structure & Analysis Kayla Butterfield Lesson: A Job for Jojo First Grade October

10, 2013 General Context Instructional Program Journeys Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012 Expectations/Requirements Journeys curriculum requirements for this lesson Target skill: Story Structure Target strategy: Story Analysis Time 20-25 minutes Ability Grouping/Tracking Upper level reading group Special Features of the Classroom Interpreter, mic system, SMART board, small tables for small group work Information about the Lesson Standards SL.1.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups SL.1.2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media SL.1.4 Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly

Essential Question Why is the order of events in a story important? Objective(s) and DOK After completing the lesson, students will be able to prove why the orders of events in a story are important. (4) Academic Language Events Order Beginning Middle End Prove

Prior Learning Students will have already learned about story sequences and structure. Students will also have recently learned to analyze stories. Lesson Implementation Procedure 1. Anticipatory Set Students will have a small group discussion on the story they read this week, A Job for Jojo focusing on the parts of the story they have been learning about; characters, setting, beginning, middle, and end. 2. Purpose Statement We are going to be playing a game all about ordering stories. Make sure you are using your brain because at the end Im going to be asking you to prove why you ordered your story the way you did. 3. Group Table Game The teacher will mix up the four story pictures on the table. For example: 1. A girl sliding down a slide

2. A girl at the top of a slide 3. A girl at the bottom of the slides ladder 4. A girl climbing the slides ladder Then the students have to work together to organize them from beginning (left) to end (right). Finally, each student has to explain what is happening in the picture closest to them, creating the story. 4. Group Movement/Discussion Game The students will stand up and each receive a new picture from a new story. They will then have to work and talk together to organize themselves in order from beginning to end. Then they have to say one thing about the picture they are holding to, again, create the story. 5. Group Movement/Silent Game The students will do exactly the same thing they did during the Group Movement/Discussion Game (Number 4) except this time they have to organize themselves silently. They can use actions but they may not mouth or say anything. They will, again, tell one thing about their picture once they are in order, to create the story. 6. Closure Students will get their choice from a few smaller story picture sets. They will then color, cut, and organize their story before getting the teacher to check it. The teacher will make sure their pictures are in order, if they are not, help the student figure out the order, if they are, the teacher will take one of the students pictures and move it to an incorrect position. The teacher will then ask the student to tell them why the story does not work that way. Once the student responds they put the picture back in its correct spot and glue the story pictures onto the blank half of their worksheet. They then write one sentence for each picture, in order, to create their story. Finally, they will share the story with either the group, or a partner.

Differentiation If some students get confused their peers or I will be there to help them organize their story. If some student(s) get done faster than others they will be able to choose another story set to work on and then take home. All the students will get to take one home so the other students do not feel left out. Materials/Resources 3 large sets of story pictures 7-8 choices of small story picture sets for students to choose from (make sure to make enough for each student to work on one, and take another one home) Scissors Glue Coloring materials (colored pencils seem to work best) Pencils Half blank, half writing lined worksheets

Classroom Management If a student is acting up or not paying attention I will quietly redirect their attention to what we are doing as a small group by tapping in front of them or asking them how they are doing with the activity Students have to fill out a refocus form if the issue persists. Assessment Formative Before: The students will participate in the group discussion by contributing at least one part of a story with or without peer help During: Students will line up and work together to organize their group story Students will prove to the teacher why their story order works

Summative After: Students will correctly order their story pictures With their best first grade penmanship and spelling, the students will write one sentence for each picture, describing what is happening, linking these sentences together to create their story.