Laura, Maddy, Kimberly & Kailey

Title of Lesson
Elements of a Story
Grade 6
Lesson #1 Date: March 19th, 2015
Class time: 9:30am-9:50am
GENERAL OUTCOMES
Student will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent thoughts, ideas, feelings
and experiences
SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
Select from others ideas and observations to expand personal understanding
Use talk, notes, personal writing and representing, together with texts and the
ideas of others, to clarify and shape understanding
Evaluate the usefulness of new ideas, techniques and texts in terms of present
understanding
PROCESS OUTCOMES
To gain a strong understanding of different story elements and being able to
identify them
INSTRUCTIONAL INTELLIGENCES
Place mat
My partner and I statements
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES/LEARNING STYLES
Audio- hearing (the video and explanation of story elements)
Verbal- spoken (during sharing with group and class)
Visual- seeing and visualization (the video)
Interpersonal- person to person communication (sharing with class and group)
Intrapersonal- self reflection (being in charge of own section)
Timed pair and share
MATERIALS
Dice
Placemat
Writing utensils
Video (Boy Meets World)
Smart Board

MANIPULATIVES

TEACHER ACTIVITIES
STUDENT ACTIVITES
Anticipatory Set: the Boy Meets
Listen to instructions and watch
World video: Topangas Hair
video
Questions and guidance: watch
video and focus on how much detail
you notice when relating to a short
story
[2:56 min]
Practice/Development
Explain each aspect of the placemat
(main events, setting, characters,
problem, solution/ending) using
PowerPoint
Explain how the placemat activity
works: each group receives a
placemat and they are required to
fill out the different sections of it
based on the video shown. Each
group member rolls the dice and
that decides what section they are
required to fill out. Explain that if
someone rolls the same number
twice just roll again till a new
number is rolled
Focus on whichever element they
were assigned for the placemat
activity when re-watching
Re-show the video
Each individual takes turns rolling
the dice to decide which section of
the placemat they fill out

Watch video and pay attention to

pay attention to the different story
elements
Work in table groups, rolling the
dice to decide which individual in
the table group fills in each space
on the placemat that is specific to
their number rolled
Fill in your section of the placemat
(1 min)
Discuss the whole placemat as a
group: timed pair and share (2 min)

[12 min]
Check for Understanding
Sharing with the rest of the class

Closure/Reflection
Review the different story elements
Discuss as a class what each group
filled out on the placemat
Call out dice numbers to decide
whos sharing what

Each table group takes turns

explaining what they put on their
placemat for each section, randomly
selected
Discuss as a class, what ever
number they rolled
The teacher will call out certain
numbers and whoever is standing
will do a My partner and I
statement

[5 min]
MODIFICATIONS and EXTENSIONS
Giving the right to pass if they dont want to share during class discussion
If the students finish early they can work in their table groups and form a short
story, they must incorporate the elements they learned during the lesson
EVALUATION and ASSESSMENT
Participation and ability to fill out the placemat with clear understanding of the
different story elements
Later lesson of writing their own short story to show understanding of the story
elements
NOTES AND REVISIONS