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Date: 11/30/2015
Grade: 4
Goals/Objectives/Standards:
Students will create an interview script indicating a deeper understanding of characters within a story.
Demonstrate this understanding through Adobe Voice presentation
NETS
Creativity and Innovation
Common Core
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.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.RL.4.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the
text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific
details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.6
Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated,
including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.7
Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation
of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in
the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.9
Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of
good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional
literature from different cultures.
Timeline/structure of lesson:
Time
Opening/Framing the Lesson/Introduction/Early Assessment
Monitor/Feedback
Allow students to have
some say on which book
they read. This will create
more interesting reports
and will allow the students
to connect better with the
characters, yielding better
interview questions. I will
ensure all books are at
students reading level or
slightly higher.
2 weeks
1 hour
Day 1
3 Hours
Days 2-4
1 Hour
Day 5
As students begin
recording, walk around
classroom and assist as
needed. Ensure that all
students are remaining on
task and moving fairly
quickly through their
project.
Closing/Assessment