Lesson Title: Become Another Person (Simulated Journal)
Length of time needed: 1 - 1 1/2 hrs.
CCSS ELA Standards Addressed: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Objectives: I can:
Demonstrate my knowledge of my character by taking on his/her persona when writing.
Write a simulated journal entry by developing imagined experiences using effective technique and descriptive details.
Materials needed: None
Hook: Today, each of you will "become another person."
Teacher Input/Modeling: You are going to learn how to write a simulated journal entry. Do you know what it means for something to be simulated? It means that it is not real, and that it’s made to be like something else. To write a simulated journal means that you are writing a journal entry as if you were someone else. I will model an example of a journal entry written while taking on the persona of Peter Rabbit’s mother. CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING & ENGAGEMENT I will ask students if they have any questions about what a simulated journal is.
Independent Practice: You are to “become” the main character from your book. You want to think like they would think, and feel the things they feel.
On a fresh page in your reader’s notebook, write a journal entry from the perspective of your character. Think about all that your character experienced in the story. What would your character say if he/she were writing in his/her diary?
Closure: Today you took on the persona of your character – you “became” them as you wrote your simulated journal entry. This allowed you to make a deeper connection with your character, as you had to try to think like him/her.
*TONIGHT…using all the information you’ve gathered about your character, practice your oral report by telling your parents about your character and about what happened to your character in the story.
*TOMORROW… you will create your poster to describe your character. (Be thinking about what you want it to look like.) You will also share an oral report with the class stating:
Title of your book
Character’s name
Character traits
How the character’s actions affected what happened in the story.
What you liked about the book.
Remember to practice speaking in complete sentences. (You can use note cards.)
Assessment: Checklist: The student:
Demonstrated his/her knowledge of the character by taking on his/her persona when writing.
Wrote a simulated journal entry by developing imagined experiences using effective technique and descriptive details.
Lesson Title: Become Another Person (Simulated Journal)
Length of time needed: 1 - 1 1/2 hrs.
CCSS ELA Standards Addressed:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Objectives:
I can:
Materials needed: None
Hook:
Today, each of you will "become another person."
Teacher Input/Modeling:
You are going to learn how to write a simulated journal entry. Do you know what it means for something to be simulated? It means that it is not real, and that it’s made to be like something else.
To write a simulated journal means that you are writing a journal entry as if you were someone else. I will model an example of a journal entry written while taking on the persona of Peter Rabbit’s mother.
CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING & ENGAGEMENT
I will ask students if they have any questions about what a simulated journal is.
Independent Practice:
You are to “become” the main character from your book. You want to think like they would think, and feel the things they feel.
On a fresh page in your reader’s notebook, write a journal entry from the perspective of your character. Think about all that your character experienced in the story. What would your character say if he/she were writing in his/her diary?
Closure:
Today you took on the persona of your character – you “became” them as you wrote your simulated journal entry. This allowed you to make a deeper connection with your character, as you had to try to think like him/her.
*TONIGHT…using all the information you’ve gathered about your character, practice your oral report by telling your parents about your character and about what happened to your character in the story.
*TOMORROW… you will create your poster to describe your character. (Be thinking about what you want it to look like.) You will also share an oral report with the class stating:
- Title of your book
- Character’s name
- Character traits
- How the character’s actions affected what happened in the story.
- What you liked about the book.
Remember to practice speaking in complete sentences. (You can use note cards.)Assessment: Checklist:
The student: