Author: Kristie Korth
Grade: 2-4
Integrated
Disciplines:
Language Arts
NE
Standards:
4.1.4 By the end of the fourth grade, students will locate, access, and
evaluate resources to identify appropriate information. 4.2.1 By the end of the fourth grade,
students will identify, describe, and apply knowledge of the structure of the
English language and Standard English conventions for sentence structure,
usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. 4.2.2 By the end of fourth grade, students will write
compositions with a clear focus, logically related ideas, and adequate
supporting detail. 4.2.4 By the end of
the fourth grade, students will use a variety of forms to write for different
audiences and purposes. 4.3.1 By the
end of fourth grade, students will pose questions and contribute their own
information or ideas in group discussions in order to acquire new knowledge.
Objectives: Students will participate
in brainstorming about the kind of information to include in their tales. Students will write several paragraphs on
the same topic, organizing their ideas.
Students will create a descriptive imaginary tale of travel and
adventure. Students will use reference
materials to find information about their “place.” Students will use correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling,
paragraph indentation, nouns, verbs, and personal pronouns.
Materials: *Maps of the world,
atlases
*Plastic
bottles with caps (one for each student writing tale)
*A
water table, fish tank, or large basin (optional)
Anticipatory
Set: Start
talking to students about messages in bottles.
Ask them if they have ever found one, or if they know of anyone who has
found one. Ask them if they know why
people generally write messages and then send them in bottles.
Vocabulary: Any foreign countries that
the children want to write about.
Activities:
Provision
for special needs: Assist them in locating the island and in coming up with details for
the story, if they are having trouble, pair them with another student who is
grasping onto the concepts very well.
Closure: The students’ tales and the
responses to their tales will be displayed in the hallway or in the
classroom. After they have been
displayed for a week or so, they can be taken home in their bottles.
Assessment: Students participated in
brainstorming about the kind of information to include in their tales. Students wrote several paragraphs on the
same topic, they organized their ideas.
Students created a descriptive imaginary tale of travel and adventure. Students used reference materials to find
information about their “place.”
Students used correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling, paragraph
indentation, nouns, verbs, and personal pronouns. The teacher graded the students based on how much detail they
included in their tales, their accuracy of the information, and on their
responses to the other students’ tales.
References: http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/tales/bottle.html
Reflection: