Lesson Plan

Oral Language of Storytelling

Title

English- Oral Language

Subject

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Author (Possibly going to change which book to use for this
lesson plan)
2nd Grade
Grade level

30 minutes plus time to present some of the stories the

Time duration next class period

In this unit, the students will learn what goes into

Overview making a good story and what authors do in their
planning of a story. We will also explore how to proofread
and edit your own work and the students will make their
own short stories either online or on paper, whichever
they choose. They will write their own story, draw their
own pictures, and edit their story. Then the next class
period, the students will be able to share their story with
their classmates if they wish.
2.1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of
Objective oral language structure. a) Create oral stories to share
with other. e) Begin to self-correct errors in language
use.

iPads/ computer, a short story book, paper, markers, need

Materials to add to this list
 1. Read the short story book
Activities and 2. Have a class-wide or small group discussion and
procedures talk about what made the story good.
3. Make a list of dos and do nots for writing a
storybook.
4. Talk about how authors edit their own books
(Reread their own work, read it outload, have
someone else read their work for them, etc.)
5. Introduce the technology that we will be using to
make the stories online
6. Talk about what needs to be included in the stories
and review the rubric
7. Show the students an example made by the
teacher
8. Give the students time in class to work on their
own story book as well as allow them to take it
home and work on it at home.
9. Allow the students to present their story to their
classmates the next class period if they wish to do
so.