EDUC 526

Lesson Plan
Author: Meredith Clark-Lewis
Teacher:
Mrs. Clark-Lewis

Lesson Title:
Sammy the Shark: Expository Writing

Grade Level: 3
Final Presentations
Subject: Language
Arts, Science
Time frame:
60 minutes
(1 day)

Student Learning Outcomes (Goals): Students will be sharing via Google Docs their final
expository essays with the teacher. Students will be giving a presentation by sharing their VOKI
character presentations with the class to demonstrate knowledge on sharks and what they have
learned over the three week unit.

Objectives

Students will demonstrate knowledge of a topic.

Students will give a presentation on sharks.

Students will utilize technology to demonstrate

learning.

Students will complete an expository essay

writing on sharks.

Elements to be identified are:

Content and Technology STANDARDS

CA California Common Core State Standards (2012)
Subject: English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social
Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Grade: 3
Content Area: Informational Text K5
Strand: Writing
Domain: Text Types and Purposes
Standard:
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to
examine a topic and convey ideas and
information clearly

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Understanding and knowledge of sharks.

Incorporating technology into learning.
Using a VOKI character to do a presentation.

Technology Standards:
1. Creativity and innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge,
and develop innovative products and processes using
technology.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products,
or processes

Materials: Non-Digital

Materials: Digital

Final Rubric

SmartBoard
Internet

Procedure:
1. Explain to the students that they will be sharing their VOKI presentations with
the class today.
2.

Have each student come to the front of the class one at a time to share their

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VOKI presentation. (Students do not necessarily have to come to the front of
the class for presenting, this is optional since their VOKI presentations have
already been recorded)
3. For students who have not shared their final expository essay on Google Docs,
remind them to share their essays with the teacher for grading.
4. Students should be graded on the final rubric guidelines. (See final rubric
below)

SEE RUBRIC BELOW:

CATEGORY

Highlighting Key Student highlights at least Student highlights 4

5 key details or words
details or words from
Details
from the text.

the text.

Student highlights 2-3

details or words from
the text.

Student highlights 1 detail

or key word, or is unable
to highlight details.

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WORDLE

Student uses 15 or more Student uses 10-14

words from the text in the words in their
WORDLE.
WORDLE.

Student uses 5-9 words Student uses under 5

in their WORDLE.
words in their WORDLE.

Research

Student has at least 10

notecards with relevant
research information
written on them.

Student has 6-9

notecards with relevant
research information on
them.

Student has 3-5

notecards with relevant
research information on
them.

Shark Picture

Class time was used

wisely. Much time and
effort went into the
planning and design of
the picture. Picture
includes title and color.

Class time was used

wisely. Time and effort
went into the planning
and design of the
picture, however picture
lacks title or color.

Class time was not

Class time was not used
used wisely, however
wisely and the picture was
the picture was turned not turned in.
in incomplete and lacks
title and color.

Graphic
Organizer

Graphic organizer or
outline has been
completed and shows
clear, logical relationships
between all topics and
subtopics

Graphic organizer or
outline has been
completed and shows
clear, logical
relationships between
most topics and
subtopics.

Graphic organizer or
outline has been
started and includes
some topics and
subtopics.

Rough Draft

Completed draft is turned Completed draft is

Completed draft is
in and includes key
turned in, but is missing turned in but lacks 2
components: introduction, 1 key component.
components.
a key detail paragraph,
and a conclusion.

Student has 2 or less

notecards with relevant
information on them, or
notecards do not show
relevance to the
researched topic.

Graphic organizer or
outline has not been
attempted.

Completed draft is not

turned in.

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Final Draft

All paragraphs include

introductory sentence,
explanations or details,
and concluding sentence.

VOKI
Presentation

VOKI character and script VOKI character is

is customized and
complete, but script is
completed.
missing components.

Most paragraphs
include introductory
sentence, explanations
or details, and
concluding sentence.

Paragraphs included
related information but
were typically not
constructed well.

Paragraphing structure
was not clear and
sentences were not
typically related within the
paragraphs.

VOKI character is
complete, no script.

.No VOKI character or

script completed.