Online Projects, Collaboration Sites and Publishing Opportunities

Lesson Idea Name: Creative Writing- Developing an Original Narrative

Content Area: English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 3rd
Content Standard Addressed: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using
effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. a. Establish a situation and introduce a
narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. b. Use dialogue and
descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of
characters to situations. c. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order. d. Provide a sense of
closure.
Technology Standard Addressed: 3

Selected Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity: KidPub

URL(s) to support the lesson: https://www.kidpub.com/

Describe how you would incorporate an Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity in your
classroom:
During a six week period, the students would work on an original narrative during their writing block. They
would develop characters, settings, and events using descriptive details. The would show a natural
progression of events and develop a problem or conflict and a resolution. Students would engage in the
revision and editing process before submitting their work. The teacher will provide feedback at individual
writing conferences throughout the process. The student’s work will be graded using a rubric and the rubric
will be provided to the students at the beginning of the project.
Once students have completed their original narratives, the class will go to the computer lab where they will
type them and share them on KIdPub. The students will then access KidPub and read at least 2 of their
classmates stories and tell what they liked about them. The teacher will assign each student the two stories
they need to “review” so that all students have their stories commented on. They will also review a story on
KidPub from a student outside their classroom and provide a brief description of what the story was about.
What technologies would be required to implement this proposed learning activity in a classroom?
Computers in the computer lab
Describe how the following features are addressed in this learning experience (note: all of them may not be
addressed in the project, but most should be if you are reaching a high LoTi Level).
a. Collaboration with peers, near-peers, mentors outside their classroom and often beyond their
school: The students are reading and reviewing 2 stories from their peers and also reading a story
published on KidPub from a student outside the classroom.

b. Student-centered learning and knowledge creation (creating original data and or producing original
products as a result of engaging in a project): Students are developing an original narrative and
developing a sequence of events that will make for an interesting story.

c. Higher-order thinking: Students are reaching the highest level of Bloom’s Taxonomy as they create an
original work of literature.

d. Students publishing their original work to others who will use/care about their product: Students
will be publishing their original narratives on KidPub where it can be read and reviewed by other
students around the world.

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Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):
☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☒ Applying ☒ Analyzing ☒ Evaluating ☒ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

☐ Level 1: Awareness ☐ Level 2: Exploration ☐ Level 3: Infusion ☐ Level 4: Integration
☒ Level 5: Expansion ☐ Level 6: Refinement

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

1. Promotes student engagement by allowing them to write on a topic of their choice.
2. Allows the students to demonstrate what they know in a different way.
3. Students with communication difficulties are able to express their ideas.
Lesson idea implementation and Internet Safety Policies:
I would communicate the internet safety policies to the students and share them with parents on the
classroom blog. I would also invite parents to check out KidPub and read about their privacy settings and
policies.
Reflective Practice:
I feel this lesson allows students to be creative and enhances their engagement as they read KidPub stories
throughout the lesson and know that they will be able to publish their own. This lesson would be ongoing for
many weeks, and one way to extend it would be to continue it and allow the students to have a multi-chapter
story by the end of the schoolyear.

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