Lesson Plan Template – ED 3501 (Version C)

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Lesson
My Story Book Date Nov 26, 2021
Title/Focus
Subject/Grade Time
Grade 5/6 1 hr 6 min
Level Duration

Unit Story Writing Teacher Ms. Le

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General General Outcome 2: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and
Learning respond critically to oral, print and other media texts.
Outcomes:
Specific 2.3 Understand Forms, Elements and Techniques
Learning Understand techniques and elements
Outcomes: - discuss the connections among plot, setting and characters in oral, print and other media texts

2.4 Create Original Text

Generate ideas
- choose life themes encountered in reading, listening and viewing activities, and in own
experiences, for creating oral, print and other media texts
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Identify and explain the elements in a plot
2. Plan and outline their story by completing a story plot worksheet
3. Create their own story using mystorybook.com
ASSESSMENTS
Observations: ● Are students filling out the story plot worksheet?
● Are students staying on task while they are on the chromebooks?
Key Questions: ● What are the elements of a story?
● Why is it important that we plan before we being writing or creating a story?
Expectations for Students are expected to complete the story plot worksheet before getting a chromebook.
Learning and Behaviour
Products/Performances: ● Finished story from mystorybook.com
● Story Plot worksheet
LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
● Story Plot review ● Chromebooks/ laptops (1 per student)
● Google Slides presentation ● Story plot worksheets (1 per student)
● Story Plot worksheet
PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson - Print off the story plot worksheets
Introduction Time
Attention Grabber “Okay class! So today I’m going to be showing you a website called
mystorybook.com”

[write “mystorybook.com” on the whiteboard]

Tutorial on mystorybook.com
6 min
- Go to mystorybook.com
- Explore all the elements of the app
- Items
- you can add your own items
- Draw
- Text
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Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Assessment of Prior
Knowledge
Transition to Body
Learning Activity #1
Teacher Notes: Assessments/
Differentiation
Learning Activity #2
Teacher Notes: Assessments/
Differentiation
Consolidation of
Learning:
Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe
Lesson Plan Template – ED 3501 (Version C)
- you can choose the colour and the background of
the text
- Scene (background)
- they have lots of different scenes
- Other things to tell students:
- If you click on an object or text, you’ll see arrows pointing
up, down, a plus sign, and a garbage can. The garbage can is
for deleting it. The plus sign is to copy it. The arrows decide
if you want the image to be behind something or in front of
something.
Transition: “So that’s mystorybook.com. It’s super cool and you’ll be able to
explore it in just a bit but first we’re going to review story plots so you can
create a cool story with mystorybook.com.”
Review Story Plots
“I know you have reviewed story plots before so who can tell me what is the
- exposition
- rising action 10 min
- climax
- falling action
- resolution
“Now that we’ve reviewed story plots, I want you to complete this story plot
worksheet so I can see your planning.”
Body Time
Story Plot Worksheet
[Display Google Slides titled “Story Plot Explanation”]
“Okay so I have on the smartboard an explanation of each element of a
story/plot in case you forget. Only when you’ve filled out this worksheet,
and showed me your planning can you get a chromebook and go onto
mystorybook.com. You can be as creative as you want as long as it is school
15 min
appropriate.”
[Only when students have completed their story plot worksheet can they get
a chromebook and go to mystorybook.com. Get students to show you their
plot worksheet first before they go get a chromebook.]
[Walk around and help students with their story plots as necessary.]
mystorybook.com
“If you have finished your story, you can save it by signing into this account
and maybe I can somehow send it to your adult’s email?”
35 min
[Write on the board:
- Email: steacher101@gmail.com
- Password: stpaul101]
Closure Time
Share stories
- “Would anyone like to share their story?”
- If you have students who would like to share, sign-in using the
6 min
account information listed previously and select the student’s
work to share.”
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Clean up
- Choose student volunteers to help with clean up
Transition To Next Lesson

Reflections from the

lesson

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Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe