Guberman_Lesson+Development

Understanding Story Elements Through Reading and Writing Grade: 2 This lesson will last about two days where the students will be learning the elements concretely, but will be ongoing as they write their own narratives. The Three Little Pigs Little Red Riding Hood Markers/Chalk [|Story Map Worksheet]
 * Materials:**
 * Introduction:** **briefly**
 * Lesson Development:**
 * Students will have class discussion briefly about story element
 * Students will have **//Little Red Riding Hood//** read to them
 * Students will be asked to return to their seats and fill out story map worksheet using the story of **//Little Red Riding Hood//** to show what they know, or understand about story elements (pre-assessment)
 * Teacher will grade story mapping worksheet and will teach elements in more detail for struggling students the following day
 * Students will have T**//he Three Little Pigs//** read to them
 * Students will be asked to fill out story map worksheet for the second time, then the class will discuss what the students came up with and will make a class story map
 * Worksheet will be collected and graded to make a final assessment
 * Review Writing Process (Brainstorm, Rough Draft, Peer Review, Final Copy
 * Students will be asked to brainstorm ideas for a narrative on a personal narrative about a favorite day/week/event from their summer vacation.


 * Closure:**
 * Students will be asked to story map their narrative using the story map worksheets
 * In the rough draft of their narratives, students must identify in the margin where each story element mainly occurs. Teacher will be looking for characters, setting, events, problem, resolution, and a possible theme. Also, there should be a clear beginning, middle, and end.
 * When these are used, and used properly, students will publish their work in the class book, "Our Summer Vacations"

Students who do not fully understand the concept of story elements should be given individual help from the teacher. Students should be provided with extra practice by using story mapping worksheets during their free reading time.
 * Assessment:**
 * Students will be read a very basic story and will independently fill out a "story mapping" worksheet that asks the student to identify elements [characters, setting, problem, events, resolution, theme] from the story they were read, in order to individually assess their knowledge of story elements, in addition to applying the story to the elements.
 * **Students should at least have a generic idea about the correct answer in each story element, or must complete 75% of the story map accurately to have gained a sufficient understanding. Students who score lower than 75% will need more work on the elements.**
 * **Students will also be evaluting themselves and reflecting on their writing, this will evaluate if they feel using story mapping, and understanding story elements have helped them improve. [See attatched document in "manage space"]**
 * **At the end of the unit students will complete a true/false test on their knowledge of story elements [See attatched document] Students should get 7/9 to ensure complete understanding. Students who score 6/9 or lower will need more work with these concepts.**
 * Learner Factors:**

Citation for Story Map: "Story Map." __Hannibal School__. 24 Apr. 2007 .