Teacher: Meg Strauss Date: February 20th, 2016

School: Holyoke Junior High School Grade Level: 8th

Content Area: English
Title: Final Draft Lesson #:_16_ of _16_

Colorado State Standards Addressed:

Standard 3.3.d: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development,
organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Standard 3.1.a.i: Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point
of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence
that unfolds naturally and logically.
Standard 3.1.a.v.: Establish and maintain a controlling idea appropriate to audience
and purpose
Standard 3.1.a.vi: Integrate the use of organizing techniques that break up
sequential presentation of chronology in a story.
Standard 3.1.a.x: Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated
experiences or events.
Understandings:
Students will understand the importance of revising in order to produce a final draft.
Inquiry Questions:
How does editing and revisions help your writing?
Evidence Outcomes: (Learning Targets)
I can: edit and revise my own work.
This means: I will complete a final draft by February 21st, 2016.

List of Assessments:
- Students will not be assessed during this lesson, as it is purely a work day.

Planned Lesson Activities

Name and Purpose of Name: Final Draft
Lesson
Purpose: Students will put the final touches on their personal memoirs
due the next day.
Approx. Time and
Materials Duration of Unit: 50 minutes

Materials: Computer to play video

Anticipatory Set Students will watch excerpts of the video Why Storytelling Matters.

Procedures Teacher Actions Student Actions

1. 5 minutes- 1. 5 minutes-
Announcements Actively listen to announcements.
Question Answer attendance question
attendance:
What is your
favorite kind of 2. 10 minutes-
weather? Watch excerpts of the video Why
2. 10 minutes- Storytelling Matters.
Play excerpts of
the TedTalk titled
Why Storytelling
Matters.

3. 30 minutes
Work on putting the final touches on
my personal memoir
3. 30 minutes- Meet with the teacher if I need to
Tell students to
put the finishes
touches on their
final drafts.
Remind students
their final is due
tomorrow.
Give students the
opportunity to
conference with 4. 5 minutes
me individually Write an exit ticket that answers why I
At the 15 minute think personal memoir writing is an
mark, give important journey to take
students a five Give my exit ticket to my teacher
minute break. Discuss our own Moth Story Slam
Gather my belongings and get ready
for my next class

4. 5 minutes-
Exit ticket:
Tell students to
write an exit
ticket that
answers the
question, Why
 do you think
personal memoir
writing is an
important journey
to take?
Gather exit
tickets
Discuss interest
in performing our
own classroom
Moth Story Slam
Closure Students will write an exit slip that answers the question, Why
do you think personal memoir writing is an important journey to
take?

Assessment - There will be no assessment as this is purely a workshop day.

Notes to Self - Should I do a more formal reflection at the end of this unit?

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbV3b-l1sZs