Wilson EDUC 353/318 Name: Christina Fink Target Grade Level:1st Curriculum Topic: ELA Date: October 10th,

2013

UbD Lesson Plan Template Stage 1: Desired Outcome

Established Goals: RI 2.6: Identify the main purpose of a text including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. o RL 2.3: describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. o RL 2.7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. o SL 2.2: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Understandings: Students will understand the main idea of a story. Students will understand the lesson of a story. Students will understand good behavior. (Lesson of the story)

Essential Question(s): What is the main idea of a story? Why is it important for a book or story to have a lesson at the end? How can we apply this lesson to every day life? What is the main idea of The Ugly Duckling? What is the author trying to tell the reader?

Students will know. Students will be able to.. Students will know what a main idea of a story is. Students will be able to retell events in a Students will know how to find the main idea of a story. story. Students will know what a lesson/moral is Students will be able to work together to describe the lesson of a story. Students will be able to use their understanding of the main idea of the story to rewrite the story

Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Performance Tasks: The groups portion of the story. Ability to understand the lesson of the story. How well students work with each other to create their story. Oral discussion of what a main idea in a story is Other Evidence: Knowledge of lesson/moral of stories. Knowledge of the book The Ugly Duckling before reading.

Stage 3: Learning Plan

Learning Activities: Set-Induction: In order to set up the lesson for the students the teacher will ask the students what is the proper way to treat our friends and ask if anyone wants to share a story of a time they helped a friend/family member/or classmate with something. Once the teacher has the students thinking about how to treat others (which is going to be the main idea of

the book they will read for the lesson The Ugly Duckling), the teacher will ask the students to join them on the reading rug remaining in their 3 table groups. (Students desks will be arranged in tables with the group they will work on their project with.) Procedure: The students will be sitting with their table group that they were previously assigned. The teacher introduces the book The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen retold by Stephen Mitchell and tells the class to pay careful attention to the moral or lesson of the story. The Teacher then asks the student what a moral or lesson of a story is. Allow time for the students to share their thoughts and opinions on what a moral or lesson is and write on the board their answers. If the students need help thinking of answers the teacher can remind the students what a lesson is that they have learned and where we see lessons. The final answer for what a moral or lesson should be: what the reader learns from the book to apply to their lives, or the main idea of the text, or what the author is trying to explain to the reader. After the students understand the moral of the story the teacher will assign each group characters in the story: one group will be the mother duck, the second group will be the other farm animals (other ducks, turkey, cat on the farm etc.), the final group will be the hen and the cat from the house. The students will be asked to pay careful attention to how their character(s) treat the ugly duckling and are welcomed to take notes during the story to help them remember. The teacher will then read the story The Ugly Duckling and will remind each group when their characters are in the story to pay extra attention. Once the story is finished being read the students will be asked to talk to their group about what they think the main idea of the story is. After a few minutes of discussion the teacher will ask for volunteers to share their thoughts on what the author was trying to teach and what the main idea of the story is. The teacher will write each groups ideas on the board, expanding on them as the students add opinions. If the students have trouble thinking of the main idea the teacher can ask questions such as: what did the duckling learn at the end? How did the duckling

change? How was he treated and talked about in the beginning vs. the end? Once the students understand the main idea of the story (to treat others how we want to be treated, always be nice to others, no bullying etc.), the students will be asked to return to their tables and then told they will be rewriting their characters in the story. Each group will write their part of the story but this time so the characters treat the ugly duckling kindly, based on the moral of the story. The students will be able to have fun with their stories by illustrating their characters once their story has been written and completed first, and working together to come up with short dialogues of how the characters should behave differently. The students will be expected to rewrite their character in 5-7 sentences minimum, instead of in paragraphs as they see in the story. Closure: Once the students have finished with their stories the teacher will be able to put each groups work together with the same ending from the original book to create a nice Ugly Duckling book that will be available in the room for students to read and look back on for how to treat their classmates. The Teacher will close the lesson by introducing a poster to be hung in the classroom The Golden Rule: Treat others how you want to be treated this way the students will always remember the main idea of the book The Ugly Duckling and the meaning the author was trying to get across to the readers. By having a poster hang in the classroom it will help the students remember meanings, morals, main ideas, and lessons that can come from their text that are in every day life. Follow up Activity: If the students did not finish their illustrations for their stories they will be allowed to work on them at a later time, in another lesson, or during free time. After this lesson, every book the class reads the students will be required to identify what the main idea of the story is which will be asked in class discussions, homeworks, and tests. Differentiated Learning: The styles of learning involved in this lesson include auditory, and kinesthetic. Auditory learning is used when the students listen to the story as the teacher reads it allowed and taking

notes or remembering how their groups character(s) behave. Kinesthetic is used when the students work with their group recreating the story by being hands on with writing and illustrating their section. The Multiple Intelligences that are included are verbal and interpersonal. Verbal is included because the students must rewrite the story together and understand the definition of the main idea of a story. The students working with their groups to rewrite their characters and answer questions on the main idea of a story use Interpersonal. This allows the students to learn from each other and talk through their problems before sharing with the classroom.

Resources
Itemized Attachments: Materials: The book The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson Chalkboard/Smart board for class discussion on main idea Students notebook and pencils for notes Paper supplied for the students to write their stories Colored Pencils and Crayons for their illustrations Resources: The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen

Citations:

Andersen, H.C., Mitchell, S. (2008) The Ugly Duckling. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.