Basic Productivity Tools (BPT)

Lesson Idea Name: Story Break Down

Content Area: ELA
Grade Level(s): 2nd Grade
Content Standard Addressed: ELAGSE2RL5: Describe the overall structure of a story including describing
how the beginning introduces the story, the middle provides major events and challenges, and the ending
concludes the action.

Technology Standard Addressed:

1.1 Empowered Learner: Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of
purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.
Selected Technology Tool: PowerPoint

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Level(s):

☐ Remembering ☐ Understanding ☒ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating ☒ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration:

☐ Infusion Level: Students may work at a higher Bloom’s Level, but they do not have any “Voice or Choice”
during the activity and most of the decisions are made by the teacher.

☒ Integration Level: We would like to see ALL lessons/activities reach this level. The project is student-
driven. Students have “Voice and Choice” in the activities, selecting the topic of study and determining the
technology tool to demonstrate mastery of the standard. The teacher becomes more of a facilitator.
☐ Expansion Level: The projects created are shared outside of the classroom, publishing student work and
promoting authorship. This could be reached by showcasing the project on the school’s morning
newscast, posting the project to the classroom blog, or publishing via an outside source.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

This technology tool and activity supports the learning experience for all students in the classroom because it
can be catered to each students needs. The benefit of using PowerPoint is that students who are English
Language Learners have the ability to use a translator, students who have ADHD and struggle focusing can
utilize this technology and remain engaged as they create something as opposed to filling in a worksheet etc.
Students will be able to convey their understanding by multiple means and will remain engaged with this
activity as they have choice and are able to create a product.

Lesson idea implementation:

The lesson will start by the teacher giving a recap about the parts of a story and their main purpose by
administering a pre assessment in the form of a Kahoot. The Kahoot will consist of questions that should
activate the students prior knowledge on this subject. With the data gathered from the Kahoot, the teacher
will then be able to see what students are struggling with and which topics they understand well. After this,
the teacher will then introduce the activity to the students:
-The students will be asked to pick a short story from the classroom library. They will read the story and pick
out the introduction of the story and the parts that make it an introduction, the major events and middle of
the story, and the conclusion of the story ( details that make it the conclusion). Once they have done this,
they will be asked to create a PowerPoint movie where they will put this information into slides and record a
voice over.
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 Basic Productivity Tools (BPT)

The teacher will then model how to distinguish between parts of a story with the story “The Three Little
Bears”. The teacher will then allow students to pick their stories and get started. This activity will take two
class sessions to complete. One class session for reading and gathering information, and one class session for
creating their PowerPoints. Students who need extra support will be provided with a graphic organizer to help
organize their thoughts while gathering information from their books. Once the students have finished their
creating their presentations, the teacher will have them play their movie for their classmates. The students
will be given feedback in the form of a classroom discussion where their peers and teacher say what they
liked about their presentation. The teacher will then give extra feedback in the form of a rubric that will be
given to each student prior to the activity so that they knew the requirements and what was expected of
them.
Reflective Practice:
I think that the activities created would impact student learning by increasing their comprehension of the
content. Students will be engaged in this activity because they will have choice in the story that they choose,
and will be creating their own movie. Because of this, students will be gain a better understanding of the
standard being addressed as they are interested in their work. Students will be reading, “writing” ( either in
their graphic organizers or on their PowerPoint slides), and speaking which would give them many
opportunities to see the material and gain better comprehension. This lesson would be done in the middle of
a unit so that students have a base knowledge and can build on prior knowledge but also can be extended
into the next parts of the unit. This lesson can be further extended by allowing asking students to pick out
specific story elements as well such as conflict, setting, plot etc.

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