Week 8 writing 2 and lp - 2017
- 1. Writing 2 + Lesson Planning Week 8 2017
- 2. Professional Learning Conversations • Reading: –Fostering “good writers”: Making writing meaningful
- 3. Lesson Planning Location of Brock Lesson Plan on Sakai • Year 1 Orientation & Resources • Planning Resources – Instructional Planning Templates • PJI Templates – Instructional Guide – PJI Template: Portrait; Landscape – Sample Lesson Plan – Catholic Lesson Plans, Guide, Sample
- 4. Model Writing Lesson • Three Part Lesson – Minds On – Action – Consolidation
- 5. Gradual Release of Responsibility Modelled Shared Guided Independent READING and WRITING Teaching Teaching Teaching Teaching Learning Learning & Learning Practising Practising & & & Learning Practising Performing Performing 5
- 7. A totem is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol of a tribe or clan, family, or individual. Native American tradition provides that each individual is connected with nine different animals that will accompany each person through life, acting as guides. http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ na-totems.html
- 9. What’s the Pattern? Sometimes I feel like a bear, strong and confident. I stand tall and growl and protect those around me. Sometimes I feel like a raven dark and mysterious. I am both messenger and secret keeper and help bring light from darkness.
- 10. Pattern • Line 1: • Line 2: • Line 3: • Line 4:
- 11. Elephant: Totem Meaning • Strength • Power • Affection • Loyalty • Royalty • Wisdom
- 12. Shared Writing • Line 1: Sometimes I feel like an elephant. (simile) • Line 2: ______ and ________. (features/traits) • Line 3: I ________________ (action) • Line 4: and ______________ (action)
- 13. Totem Animals and Their Meanings • Wolf loyal • Deer loving • Beaver determined • Butterfly vulnerable • Moose strong • Owl wise • Rabbit creative • Turtle patient
- 14. Pic Collage
- 15. Your task: • Your group will choose one totem animal and create a poem based on the model from “Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox.” • Conduct research as needed to find out about your animal • When your poem is complete, use Pic Collage to display it.
- 17. Lesson Plan Assignment • Details of assignment: – Create a lesson plan for a language arts topic of your choice using the Brock lesson plan template. • Due date: November 13 • 15%
- 18. Remembrance Day • Brainstorm at your table a variety of writing tasks that could be based on the theme of Remembrance Day – Look at the newspaper provided for ideas and the website www.canada.ca/rememberthem – Consider Audience/Purpose/Form/Topic – Describe the task so that audience/purpose/form are embedded: • E.g. Write a letter home from a soldier in World War 2 reassuring his parents that he will be all right.
- 19. Tips • Consider a variety of forms, not just the traditional • Feel free to incorporate technology (e.g. a script for a scene from a film; questions for a reporter to ask while interviewing a commander; script for a short video to be used as a recruiting device) • Complete 3 index cards describing your best ideas
- 20. Next Week • Professional Learning Conversations: – Explore Resources: Oral Communication
Editor's Notes
- #10: Inquiry re text pattern Mentor text as model