Paper Bag Story Lesson Plan

Nam
e:

Jailyn Ten Have

Grade

3/4

Topic

Language Arts

Date

December 2014

Allotted
Time

1 Hour

Cite sources used to develop this plan:

Life Savers For Substitutes by Mary McMillan

1. Learning Intention- What will the students learn?

I can use language in creative and playful ways to develop style and increase my
creative writing skills.

2.

Rationale: Why is this lesson relevant at this time with these students?

The students are working on their creative writing skills. This lesson gives the students a
slightly guided opportunity to practice their creative writing.

3.

Big Ideas and Content

Using language in creative and playful ways helps us understand how language works.
-paragraph structure use of a topic sentence and supporting details
-sentence structure and grammar parts of speech; past, present, and future tenses; and
subject-verb agreement

-conventions and creativity

4.

Assessment

Sources of Evidence

Criteria

What product or action will show what

students have learned?

What will you look for in this evidence?

The teacher will walk around the

classroom to make sure students are
engaged in their work and answer any
questions they may have.

The teacher will look to make sure

students are using all the words on the
cue cards appropriately and correctly.

The teacher will take in the

students final copies to review their
work.

Student should have a strong

understanding of the activity. (Quiz a
couple students for clarification of steps
the teacher has stated)
The teacher will look for spelling and
grammar errors
The teacher will look for detail and
creativity.

5. Resources, Material and Preparation: What resources, materials and

preparation are required?

Enough brown paper bags for each student in the class.

Cut out and glue instructions for Writing a Story on one side of the sack

Cut out and glue appropriate picture word to the other side.

Each sack should include: A cue card with words to use in their writing, blank paper for a
picture, and a blank paper for writing a story.

6. Lesson Development
Pacing


Introduction: How will you introduce this lesson in a manner that
engages students and activates their thinking?

I DO: Give instructions to the class.

Instructions are as followed:
-Each student will receive a paper bag.
-Each paper bag has a picture on the front of it. Ex: Castle, Ambulance, Pig,
etc.

-Students will have a choice of which bag they want to pick based only on
the outside picture.

5 Minutes
Distributing bags

10 Minutes for
explanation and
clarification

-Inside the bags, the students have a list of vocabulary words (15).
-Then students will have to write a story that makes sense with the words
within their bag.

Teaching/Learning Sequence: What steps and activities are

you going to use to help students acquire and practice the
knowledge, skills and/or attitudes needed to meet the outcome?

The teacher will make sure the instructions are clear and
students understand what is expected of them.

Walking around the classroom to make sure the students

are working, and are engaged. (Make sure they are writing

35 Minutes for students to

write, while teacher
circulates

during this period and following instructions- using their vocab

words)

Answer any questions the students may have if they seem

lost on what they are supposed to be doing.

Pacing

Closure: How will you solidify the learning that has taken
place and deepen the learning process?
-

Refer back to our learning intention- I can use language in

creative and playful ways to develop style and increase my
creative writing skills.
Talk, did we meet that learning intention?

Allow students who wish to share their work with the class.

Collect the students final copies to review their work.

Hand it back the next day.

10 Minutes for clean up and

some sharing

7.
Accommodations (adaptations, extensions, other): How will you plan for
students who have learning/behaviour difficulties or require enrichment?

Ipads will be provided for students in the class who struggle with writing.

The teacher will circulate around the classroom as the students work and be aware of any ch
having.
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The teacher can also offer feedback and answer questions

Reflection:
This lesson was successful when I taught it in my previous practicum. Going back
over my lesson and changing some things was very helpful for clarifying how I

would teach it better next time. I have now changed this lesson to the new
curriculum as well (I taught this lesson when I taught with the old curric.)