The focus of my lesson was to help students better produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. I read to both students, Student A and Student B the book “A Fine, Fine, School”. Afterwards the students and I discussed the importance of organizing a story in an appropriate order, that way it is easier for the attended audience to understand. Later, I would have both students create their own stories.
To support my students learning, I opened up the lesson with a discussion. We talked about the organizational traits a story may have and how we as authors can do that. Once I started reading the story “A Fine, Fine School”, I would periodically stop and think out loud about the organizational traits presented in the book. After reading the story, we had another group discussion on what types of strategies the author used to organize the story and the importance of this writing technique. Following our discussion, I had students give a brief descriptions about what they like to do when they are not in spending their time in school. After we brain stormed, I had students create a short story using transitional statements that also helped keep their story organized. We then discussed why using …show more content…
While they were reading their stories I had them point out words they used to help their writing flow and stay organized. Students used mostly words that we had previously discussed, such as: first, next, last, following, and lastly. Students also added details to their stories about things they did at the places they visited. Student A stated that she goes to the pool during the summer and while she is at the pool she likes to jump off the diving board, and then go play Marco-polo with her mom. Student B described him playing video games and then cooking dinner with his