Understanding
Goals
LINKS/TEKS:
Subject:
110.15.4.15.A,B,C,D 110.15.4.17
TLW write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write about important personal experiences.
Teacher:
What provocative questions will foster inquiry, understanding and transfer of learning?
Essential Questions
Date:
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Explain Evaluate Elaborate
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Whole Group
Think Pair Share- S. share out something fun they experienced from the summer, or in the recent past.
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Pairs
S. write about their fun experience in their writing journal, using correct grammar & sentence structure. They go over journal and check for correct punctuation, sentences, etc. Optional: S draw a picture that goes with their journal.
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Individual
T. models good sentence structure.
Using the Puppet Pals App, students turn their journal into a digital story.
Students share their Puppet Pal digital stories.
Materials- Writing Journal, crayons, markers
WG SG Pairs Indv
Individual
WG SG Pairs Indv
Whole Group
Materials- iPads, Puppet Pals app
Materials- VGA dongle, projector.
Materials Needed – Preparations to Make
Explore
Engage
T. shares a fun experience that s/he journaled about in days prior.
Did you do anything fun over the summer? What do you think makes a good writer?