Writing a story
Lesson 1
Date: 15/12/2016
School: The International School
Mentor teacher: Alyssa Tantengco
Teachers: Julia Goraj, Karolina Poniatowska
Subject: Language Education
Lesson title Lets talk about stories! introduction.
Facts:
We can distinguish between fiction and nonfiction
stories
New understandings:
Students will understand that:
Texts are commonly classified as fiction or
nonfiction
langua Content-obligatory language objectives
ge Learners will be able to:
Explain the concepts: fiction, nonfiction
Share their stories using familiar grammar
structures
Content-compatible language objectives
Learners will be able to:
Language functions:
Discuss, ask and answer questions, communicate (group
work)
Key language structures:
Key vocabulary:
Story, fiction, nonfiction
Justification This lesson constitutes the first stage within the whole unit about
for lesson writing a story.
(why is it It is important to introduce the topic and provide the context to
important to the students. Also, it is important to let them share their thoughts
your concerning stories and involve them in the process of creating.
students)
Assessment Formative assessment observation and immediate feedback
for/as Summary and positive comments at the end of the lesson
learning
No grades or scores are given
Teaching Worksheet
materials Set of pictures
Facts:
Characteristics can be divided into different
categories: personality traits, appearance, fears,
likes, dislikes, personal information
New understandings:
Students will understand that:
Characteristics can be divided into different
categories
langua Content-obligatory language objectives
ge Learners will be able to:
Create and describe their characters using
introduced vocabulary
Categorize different characteristics
Content-compatible language objectives
Learners will be able to:
Ask and respond to questions
Produce whole sentences
Use other vocabulary to describe their characters
Language functions:
Name, identify, ask and answer questions, communicate
(group work)
Key language structures:
Key vocabulary:
Personality traits, appearance, fears, likes, dislikes,
personal information
Teaching Worksheet
materials Wordlist (useful vocabulary worksheet)
Overall STS will get familiar with the stage process of planning a story
instructional
aims
Facts:
Planning a story is a complex stage process that
requires consideration of different elements:
characters, settings, plot, beginning, ending
New understandings:
Students will understand that:
Planning a story requires consideration of different
elements
langua Content-obligatory language objectives
ge Learners will be able to:
Name the elements of a story
List the elements of planning a story
Content-compatible language objectives
Learners will be able to:
Answer wh- questions concerning their stories
Use the structures
Language functions:
describe
Key language structures:
Key vocabulary:
character, settings, plot, beginning, ending
Overall STS will get familiar with the stage process of writing a beginning
instructional of a story
aims
Facts:
Writing a beginning of a story is a complex stage
process that requires consideration of different
elements: the use of a time phrase
New understandings:
Students will understand that:
Writing a beginning of a story involves using one of
the time phrases, introducing a character, a setting
and a time;
langua Content-obligatory language objectives
ge Learners will be able to:
Name the characters, setting and time
Use the past tense
Content-compatible language objectives
Learners will be able to:
Answer wh- questions concerning the beginning
part
Language functions:
Seek information: define, identify, name,
Inform: who, where, when
Justify: justify the importance of beginning part
Key language structures:
Past tense
Time phrases: Once upon a time, In the
beginning; Firstly;
Key vocabulary:
Beginning, setting, characters, time (who, where, when)
Unfamiliar concepts: -
Beginning part needs to be written in a separate
paragraph and has to start with a time phrase
Instructional Building background:
strategies Introduction, activating prior knowledge, eliciting, providing
(building
reasons
background,
using Using learning phases
learning Integrating modalities:
phases,
integrating The use of different modes of communication
modalities, Using scaffolding:
using
scaffolding, Verbal, procedural, instructional
etc.)
Describe
briefly
The lesson is important since it makes students aware of the fact
Justification
that a beginning part of a story needs to be separate. Students
for lesson
get to know the elements which needs to be included in a
(why is it beginning step, namely characters, a setting and time; therefore,
important to it makes students more aware of what to include in the beginning
your part of their stories.
students)
Overall STS will get familiar with how to write a plot of a story.
instructional
STS will be able to write a plot of a story.
aims
Facts:
Writing a plot requires involving a problem to a
story writing what happened to the characters.
It needs to be based on the prepared plan.
New understandings:
Students will understand that:
Writing a plot of a story involves indicating and
describing a problem in detail;
A plot needs to start with a time phrase and be a
separate paragraph;
langua Content-obligatory language objectives
ge Learners will be able to:
Indicate what needs to be described in a plot of a
story
List the time phrases that can be used to start a
plot
Content-compatible language objectives
Learners will be able to:
Answer wh- questions concerning their stories
Use the structures
Use the time phrases
Write dialogues in their plots
Use directed speech
Language functions:
Seek information: identify what needs to be
described in a plot of a story
Inform: depict the problem of a story
Analyse: analyse the problem in detail
Key language structures:
She/He said (directed speech);
past tense;
dialogues
Key vocabulary:
Plot, a problem, dialogue
Unfamiliar concepts:
A plot needs to be described in detail
Instructional Building background:
strategies Introduction, activating prior knowledge, eliciting, providing
(building
reasons
background,
using Using learning phases
learning Integrating modalities:
phases,
integrating The use of different modes of communication
modalities, Using scaffolding:
using
scaffolding, Verbal, procedural, instructional
etc.)
Describe
briefly
The lesson is important since students become more aware
Justification
writers. They know that in a plot, they need to describe a problem
for lesson
in detail. They also learn to include dialogues to make their stories
(why is it more informative and interesting. They learn how to make a
important to reader interested in what he or she is reading.
your
students)
Overall STS will get familiar with the purpose of writing a solution and end
instructional of a story.
aims STS will get familiar with how to indicate the end of a story and
what to include.
STS will get to know how to write a GOOD end of a story.
STS will be able to write the solution and end to their stories.
Facts:
An end of a story includes a closure, solution and
feeling.
To write a GOOD end of a story, a writer needs to
answer 3 questions including: What happened at
the end?, What is the solution? What are the
emotions?
An end of a story needs to start with a time phrase.
An end of a story is a separate paragraph.
New understandings:
Students will understand that:
A good end needs to indicate what happened at the
end, what the solution was and what the emotions
were
There are different ways to end a story including a
moral, a question, an advice, emotions, hope or
quote.
langua Content-obligatory language objectives
ge Learners will be able to:
List what needs to be described at the end of a
story
Indicate what a good end is and what it includes
Name the time phrases that may be use at the end
of a story
Content-compatible language objectives
Learners will be able to:
Describe the ways of ending a story
Use the structures
Language functions:
describe
Key language structures:
Key vocabulary:
end, solution, last, at last, finally, in the end, in
conclusion, eventually, moral, question, hope, advice,
emotions, quote;
Unfamiliar concepts:
There are different ways of ending a story.
Instructional Building background:
strategies Introduction, activating prior knowledge, eliciting, providing
(building
reasons
background,
using Using learning phases
learning Integrating modalities:
phases,
integrating The use of different modes of communication
modalities, Using scaffolding:
using
scaffolding, Verbal, procedural, instructional
etc.)
Describe
briefly
The lesson is of paramount importance since students end their
Justification
stories and are more aware of the importance and elements of
for lesson
each separate part of a story. They learn that there are 3 elements
(why is it that need to be included in the end of a story. Students get to
important to know different ways of ending their stories and are able to write
your independently.
students)
Facts:
New understandings:
Students will understand that:
Front page informs the reader about the content of
a book
Front page needs to be well-organised
Front page needs to include several elements
langua Content-obligatory language objectives
ge Learners will be able to:
Name the elements of a front page
Describe a good front page
Content-compatible language objectives
Learners will be able to:
Evaluate a front page (if it is good, if it contains all
elements)
Language functions:
Key vocabulary:
title, author, illustrator
Facts:
New understandings:
Students will understand that:
Booklet is a thin book with a small number of pages
and a front page
langua Content-obligatory language objectives
ge Learners will be able to:
Content-compatible language objectives
Learners will be able to:
Language functions:
Discussion, communication
Key language structures:
Producing grammatically correct sentences
Key vocabulary:
All vocabulary items introduced within the unit
Justification This is the last lesson within the CLIL unit about writing a story.
for lesson Students will collect their works and create booklets. They will
have a chance to look at other works.
(why is it
important to It summarizes the whole unit and reviews previously mentioned
your concepts.
students)
booklets
Booklet Work in groups Content: sharing booklets
stations STS visit booklet Language: speaking, reading
8 mins stations to look at Cognition: discuss, interpret, compare
other works
Final Summarizing To summarize the whole CLIL unit
summary discussion, sharing
thoughts and
reflections
Self- To involve the students in self-assessment
assessme Filling-in self-
nt assessment sheet
To provide the students with overall feedback
Feedback Exchanging To get feedback from the students
feedback, sharing
ideas for further
10 mins development of the
unit