Lesson Title: Service Learning Projects: Children’s Books for a Cause

Length of Lesson: 2-3 weeks

Unit: The Art of Storytelling (Part 2)

In this lesson… students will create their own children’s book about an
Overview issue they are passionate about with the help of a 2nd grade buudy.

WRITING

8.7 The student will write in a variety of forms, including

narration, exposition, persuasion, and informational.

a) Identify intended audience.

b) Use prewriting strategies to generate and organize
Standards of ideas.
c) Distinguish between a thesis statement and a topic
Learning sentence.
d) Organize details to elaborate the central idea and
provide unity.
e) Select specific vocabulary and information for
audience and purpose.
f) Use interview quotations as evidence.
g) Revise writing for clarity of content, word choice,
sentence variety, and transitions among paragraphs.

What makes a good children’s book?

Essential Questions What ideals and values are important to teach today?

Students will be able to… create their own children’s book and mentor a
Objectives 2nd grade student.

I will understand what makes a good children’s book.

Learning Target I will serve as a good mentor to my younger peers.
1. Laptops
Materials 2. Place to meet with 2nd graders

Introduction
1. Read the story, Bingboing, that we created, to both 2nd grade and
8th grade students. Explain how we choose our topic and motif
Introduction/Hook in the story. Briefly introduce the idea of them creating their own
story to shed light on a modern-day issue within our community.

Children’s Books for a Cause Project

Instructional ○ Block 1 and 2: 8th graders write stories in class and finish for
Activities & hw.
○ Block 3: Peer review stories/finalize writing and print out books.
Strategies
○ Block 4: Full meeting to meet 2nd grade partners and to discuss
illustrations.
○ Block 5: Compile story with illustrations and finalize.
○ Block 6: Read the final stories with 2nd grade buddies.

Choose some of the best books to present to a conference of guidance

counselors from throughout VBCPS at Brickell Academy. These books
Closure Activity created by the students will be put on a database for various professionals
in VBCPS to utilize.

Creating the children’s books will be an extra credit/completion grade.

Assessments