Writing Lesson Plan Template

Your Name: April Type of Lesson:

Cronin Writing About Reading (Response)
Writing Product (Using a Mentor Text)
Writing Process (Using the Students Writing)
Topic: Tuesday by Learning Targets
David Weisner I can infer what is going on in the text through the
illustrations.
Grade Level: 4th Grade
I can use the details in the picture to use descriptive words
to paint the story through my writing.
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these areas throughout the lesson:
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LESSON PLAN Guided Reading ACTIVITY (Script the Lesson)

Elements
Introduction
Before When we read, good readers make a movie with
Writing/ Pre-writing-choose their mind that is changing and we can see the
Into the Text a topic, gather and words we read. Today we are going to do the
organize ideas, opposite, we are going to see the pictures, but
consider the there are no words! So we will write the words for
potential audience, the story! We are going to have to use our skills
identify the of inferencing to infer what the story is. We are
purpose of writing, also going to have to use a lot of descriptive
choose an words to describe the picture.
appropriate genre. Also, can anyone tell me the structure of a story?
Yes they have a beginning, middle and end. So
when we write our stories we need to make sure
we include a begging where we introduce the
characters and setting, the middle which
introduces the plot or problem, and the end which
wraps up the story.

Support Effective
During Writing I DO: Have you ever heard the saying a picture
Writing/ Strategies is worth Yes. Here I have a picture. And off of
Through the this simple picture, I am going to come up with a
Text Mini-Lessons- story just from this one picture.
focused First I am going to write down the details I notice

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 explanations and in the picture.
demonstrations of -young girl
writing procedures, -smiling
writers craft and -black eye
writing strategies -messed up hair and outfit
and skills including -school uniform
modeling and -sitting outside principles office
guided practice.
Okay so these are some of the details I notice in
the picture, so when I am crafting my story, I am
going to think about how she got here. I think she
might have gotten in a fight with boy, because
she is smiling despite her black eye.
*create story using details noticed

WE DO: Now we are going to do the same thing

but with this picture book. This picture book is
different than other picture books, because it is
only pictures. So we are going to write the story!
On your paper, write down details you see in the
picture.
Now with a neighbor turn and talk and share
some of the details you see in this picture. Call on
students
Also notice the emotion of the turtle, take a close
look at his face. What do infer his emotion is? I
think he looks like he hears something, he is
looking around and looks a little scared even.
Continue to go through entire text and note
details on sheet.
Drafting the Text I DO: Now we are going to start drafting out story.
So starting on the very first page, I am going to
Write a rough draft, write the beginning to introduce the story.
craft leads to grab
readers attention, "It was a cool night on the pond. The sun was
emphasize content setting and the darkness began to replace the
rather than light. The moon lit up the pond as a turtle was
mechanics. resting on a log among the lily pads. The turtle
looked around, thinking he heard something. He
began to get a little scared as the noise was
getting louder."

So thats the story I have written about the first

page. Notice how I introduced the setting, and
outlined emotions and used descriptive words? So
if I read this text without the pictures, you would
still be able to see something similar in your
head.

WE DO: Lets try the next couple pages together.

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 So what were some of the words we wrote down
for this page? What do the emotions of the frogs
look like? What about the turtle? What do you
hear when you see this picture? Maybe you hear
some croaking from the frogs?

So lets form the story together, on the last page

we left off with the turtle scared on a log. I am
going to use a transition word because the story
has definitely changed.

Suddenly, the frog had to duck his head because

he was almost hit by a floating frog on a lily pad.
The whole pond was being swarmed by frogs
floating on lily pads. They croaked happily as
they floated over the pond."

Repeat process in the next couple of pages

gradually releasing responsibility, students
writing more until page that says 11:21 P.M. Let
students create however offering different ideas
and questioning them to pull out additional
details or more descriptive words.

Let students work in pairs for the next 4 pages

until page reading 4:38 AM.

YOU DO: Now the last bit until the end you will
write on your own. Use the same process we did
for the rest of the book. Look at all the details in
the picture, use some of our transitional words,
descriptive words, and infer the emotions of
characters!
Conferencing and Now with a partner read over your story. Give
Revising the Text each other constructive criticism to help them
revise their story. Help your partner if they
Share writing with missed some details or to use a different word.
teacher and/or After working with your partner, make the
writing groups, changes you want and as you are reworking your
participate story I will also be walking around to help you
constructively in revise.
discussion about
classmates
writing, make
changes to reflect
the comments of
classmates and/or
the teacher, make
substantive rather
than only minor
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 changes between
the first and final
drafts.

Editing Once you have revised your papers. Have a

After Writing/ partner edit your paper one last time. Look for
Beyond the Proofread different spelling errors or punctuation. If you are
Text compositions to unsure look it up in the dictionary or online. Once
locate errors, you have completed editing, come check it with
correct mechanical me before you publish it.
errors.

Extending the Text You may now complete your final draft. In your
neatest handwriting record your story onto a
Publishing-publish fresh piece of paper and we will send these
writing in an stories home to your parents for you to share with
appropriate form, them.
share finished
writing with an
appropriate
audience.

Differentiation How will you adapt or Content: We will be writing a story to a picture
differentiate the book so the visuals will guide them to understand
Content, Process, the story. I have graphic organizers and
and/or Product of your transitional and descriptive words on the word
lesson to meet diverse wall.
student needs
Language Support
for ELLs Process: This story will be heavily scaffolded.
Exceptional Students will have the opportunity to pair with
Learning Needs other students and many revision opportunities to
correct mechanical errors. Their peers can
provide them with examples of their writing and
details they saw to help them with their
vocabulary. Students will also have a graphic
organizer to guide their writing.

Product: The final product will be a combination

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 of my writing, the classes and their own. They
can share it with their parents.

Attachments:

The Young Lady with a Shiner 1953. picture by Norman Rockwell

Found from http://www.wordswords.com.au/2013/04/friday-mission-impossible-tell-a-
complete-story-without-words/

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 Graphic Organizer
Tuesday by David Weisner

Tuesday evening, around 8.-

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