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Lesson

Writing a Draft

P
erformance Objective: Working independently, SW use their StoryBoard That
graphic organizer to compose a written draft scoring at least five out of ten on the
narrative writing assessment rubric.

Resources or Materials Needed: SW need their StoryBoard That print out from the previous lesson, a
narrative writing assessment rubric, handwriting paper, a pencil, and an eraser. TW need his/her StoryBoard
That graphic organizer print-out from the previous lesson and a SMART board or overhead projector.

Time: 60 minutes.

Step 1: Pre-Instructional Activities: SW Round Robin in groups of four. SW will have 1 minute of Think
Time, then 1 minute each to answer the following prompt aloud to their group, “Describe your first day of
2nd grade.”

Step 2: Content Presentation: TW review the elements that are to be included in the students’ narratives.
TW display the four key elements of a narrative on the SMART board (theme, plot, characters, and setting).
TW model writing 1-2 sentences based on the StoryBoard That graphic organizer that he/she created in
the previous lesson.

Step 3: Learner Participation: SW independently use StoryBoard That graphic organizer to compose a
written draft of their narrative.

Step 4: Assessment: TW model completing the Narrative Writing assessment rubric (See Lesson 7 –
Assessment (7)) based on his/her written draft. SW switch draft papers with their partners’. SW check
their partners’ written drafts using the Narrative Writing assessment rubrics (See Lesson 7 – Assessment
(7)). SW return written drafts to their owners and give them the completed assessment rubrics for their
papers.

Step 5: Follow-Through Activities: SW review the completed assessment rubric and the written draft,
notating any changes that need to be incorporated for the revision in the next lesson.

Lesson Plan Summary: The main instructional strategies used in this lesson plan are explaining and
modeling. During the content presentation, the teacher models how to use the StoryBoard That graphic
organizer to write a written draft. During the learner participation, students independently perform the
same task. These instructional strategies support the Cognitivism learning theories, by helping students
to organize knowledge and relate the new information to their prior knowledge, skills, and experience
(Ertmer, 1993, p. 52). In addition, the instructional strategy, corrective feedback is used as a
reinforcement to positively impact performance which is a Behaviorism strategy (Ertmer, 1993, p. 49).
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Lesson

Assessment (7):

N
arrative Writing Assessment Rubric.

Narrative Writing Assessment Rubric

Directions:

Step 1: Switch papers with your partner. Give your partner your written
draft, and your partner will give you his/her written draft.
Step 2: Read your partner’s written draft.
Step 3: Use the rubric below to check your partner’s written draft. Read each
question. If the answer is yes, then write a 1 in the right column. If the
answer is no, then write a 0.
Step 4: Add up all the points and write the sum in the last box next to the
word, total.
Step 5: Once you have scored all items, return your partner’s paper and give
him/her this rubric.
Does the narrative . . . Score 1
point for
each yes
have a setting?
give details about the setting?
have at least 3 characters?
give details about the characters?
have a plot?
have a theme?
stay focused on the writing prompt?
have a beginning, middle, and end?
have the events in sequential order?
tell a complete story?
Total