Eastern Connecticut State
University Lesson Plan Format
Grade Level: 4th Date of
lesson: during October
Length
of Lesson: 1 hour
Content
Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1 (Refer to details and examples in a text
when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from
the text.) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.9 (Integrate information from two texts on
the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.)
Prior
Knowledge/Connections: This will be
the closing lesson for the bullying unit. Students already have done activities
and read books about bullying leading up to this lesson.
Student
Learning Objective(s): Students will
create a comic strip depicting an experience of their own or one from the
author’s stories (from Dear Bully). They will include feelings and
connections made between other texts. Students will also be encouraged to think
about their actions and how situations may turn out differently based on their
choices. With the readings, students will think and discuss how the author’s
experiences could have been different if a small change had been made (i.e. not
laughing at another person, standing up to the bully, etc).
Vocabulary: Karma- the effects of a person’s actions
that determine his destiny
Assessment-Essential
Key Questions: How did you feel
after reading the author’s stories about their personal experiences with
bullies? Can you use this information to make connections to your own life? How
have you used negative feelings and turned them into something positive?
Materials/Resources: Copies of excerpts by R.L Stine (pg 74), Jon
Scieszka (pg 37) and Lisa Yee (pg 129) from Dear Bully.
Technological resources: Computers with internet access.
Learning
Activities:
Instructional Strategies: Have a
discussion as a whole group. Ask the students who some of their favorite
authors are, and see if any of them say Stine, Scieszka or Yee. Ask the
students if they think that authors are immune to bullying (either growing up
or even now). After the group discussion, they can go to work on their project
(on their own or with a partner)
Grouping
Strategies: Either individual or with partners (students may choose)
Initiation:
Display a poster/Glogster of each
author (Stine, Scieszka and Yee) with pictures of them, some of their books,
and a few important facts about them (awards won, recognitions, number of books
sold, etc). Introduce each author to the class and then explain that each of
them was somehow affected by bullying. Ask those who have read books by R.L.
Stine if they would have guessed that he was bullied as a kid. Tell students
that negative experiences/situations can be used to spark creativity and
inspiration. Encourage them to keep that in mind while reading the stories from
the authors.
Lesson
Procedures:
·
Hand out
copies of excerpts from Dear Bully. Each student needs at least 1,
however if they choose to read more that’s great!
·
Read
story independently, encouraging to use highlighter or mark important
passages/parts they want to remember, as well as connections they can make to
their own life or other texts read.
·
Once
they’ve read their story, they can either work independently or with a partner
to create a comic strip (www.pixton.com) that depicts a personal experience they’ve
had in regards to bullying. It may be an experience where they were being a
bully and didn’t even realize it at the time. They will use the authors’ stories
as a model for storytelling.
·
When
finished (and if time permits), students can create another comic strip
depicting the same situation as they used before, however, this time, what
could they have done differently at the time.
Closure:
Students will have the opportunity
to share their comic strips and if agreeable, we’ll create a class comic book
about bullying. Take ideas from the students for possible titles for the book.
Wrap up with a discussion about interesting things learned during the unit and
ways they can be more aware of their actions.
Intervention: These students who may have difficulty creating a comic strip of a
personal experience can use one of the authors’ stories and use that for their
project.
Enrichment:
These students will read all 3
stories and create a comic strip depicting what would have happened if the
author had done something different. How would their life have changed? Would
they still be a successful author? Why or why not?
References:
*Common Core State Standards
Initiative (English Language Arts Standards Grade 4)
*Kids.Net.Au
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