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“Writing Prompts: 2009 and Beyond!” n PROGRAM OVERVIEW The purpose of this program is to get students enthusiastic about writing assignments through the use of technology. Instead of giving students an oral or written writing prompt, the student are shown pictures that help them guide their writing. This program was designed to help students increase their oral language and writing skills in a fun and exciting way. Students will be shown a short PowerPoint with 4-5 pictures in a whole group and then be given the opportunity to create stories based on the pictures they have seen. They will use MP3 players to record their stories during our literacy centers. After they recorded their stories, they began writing a draft of their stories with teacher assistance. This allowed me to work with the students in small groups of 3-4 on their handwriting and phonics skills while they created their stories. Upon completion of their writing, students illustrated their stories. After stories were complete, the pages were scanned to create a digital story using Windows Movie Maker. Since this was done in a kindergarten class and a new project, the timeline for this program was approximately two months for the entire class to complete. Once routines were established, repeat projects should take less time. For further information contact… Brittanie Moore Inwood Elementary School 2200 Avenue G NW Winter Haven, FL 33809 Route D (863) 291-5369 [email protected] 2009 - 2010 IDEA CATALOG OF EXCELLENCE The engaging aspect of this program is that each student created a different story based on their own interpretation of the exact same pictures. The school this program was completed at is a Title 1 school with approximately 84% of the students labeled economically disadvantaged. The program was completed in a kindergarten classroom with 16 students and can easily be adapted to first or second grade students. The lesson plans indicate if the activity is for the whole group or small group instruction. The school provided the laptop, LCD projector and scanner. See’ Materials Budget’ for specific materials needed. n OVERALL VALUE This program allows students to showcase their imaginations and creativity while improving their writing skills. Given that teachers are always looking for new ways to engage students, most grade levels would benefit from a fun and exciting twist on a plain old writing prompt. In addition, this program would be interesting to compare the writing abilities at different grade levels using the same pictures. This program will excite your students about writing by engaging them with pictures instead relying on a verbal or written prompt. The students will enjoy recording their voices using the MP3 players. The steps that the students take while completing this program promote both oral language fluency and writing skills. n LESSON PLAN TITLES • Writing for an Audience • Day and Night Storybooks n MATERIALS Materials for each lesson are listed with each lesson plan. An overall material budget including pricing and vendors follows the lesson plans. n ABOUT THE DEVELOPER Brittanie Moore has a Bachelor of Health Services from Florida Atlantic University. She has taught kindergarten at Inwood Elementary for 4 years. During the summer she teaches Voluntary PreKindergarten for the Polk County School Board. In her free time, Brittanie enjoys going to the movies, amusement parks and cooking. H H H

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Page 1: “Writing Prompts: 2009 and Beyond!”€¦ · § Handwriting paper (for draft writing) § Storyboard paper (for final writing) § Crayons § Laptop computer § Brass fasteners nDIRECTIONS

“Writing Prompts: 2009 and Beyond!”

n PROGRAM OVERVIEW The purpose of this program is

to get students enthusiastic about writing assignments through the use of technology. Instead of giving students an oral or written writing prompt, the student are shown pictures that help them guide their writing.

This program was designed to help students increase their oral language and writing skills in a fun and exciting way. Students will be shown a short PowerPoint with 4-5 pictures in a whole group and then be given the opportunity to create stories based on the pictures they have seen. They will use MP3 players to record their stories during our literacy centers. After they recorded their stories, they began writing a draft of their stories with teacher assistance. This allowed me to work with the students in small groups of 3-4 on their handwriting and phonics skills while they created their stories.

Upon completion of their writing, students illustrated their stories. After stories were complete, the pages were scanned to create a digital story using Windows Movie Maker. Since this was done in a kindergarten class and a new project, the timeline for this program was approximately two months for the entire class to complete. Once routines were established, repeat projects should take less time.

For further information contact…

Brittanie MooreInwood Elementary School

2200 Avenue G NWWinter Haven, FL 33809

Route D(863) 291-5369

[email protected]

2009 - 2010 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe

The engaging aspect of this program is that each student created a different story based on their own interpretation of the exact same pictures.

The school this program was completed at is a Title 1 school with approximately 84% of the students labeled economically disadvantaged. The program was completed in a kindergarten classroom with 16 students and can easily be adapted to first or second grade students. The lesson plans indicate if the activity is for the whole group or small group instruction. The school provided the laptop, LCD projector and scanner. See’ Materials Budget’ for specific materials needed.

n OVERALL VALUE This program allows students

to showcase their imaginations and creativity while improving their writing skills. Given that teachers are always looking for new ways to engage students, most grade levels would benefit from a fun and exciting twist on a plain old writing prompt. In addition, this program would be interesting to compare the writing abilities at different grade levels using the same pictures.

This program will excite your students about writing by engaging them with pictures instead relying on a verbal or written prompt. The students will enjoy

recording their voices using the MP3 players. The steps that the students take while completing this program promote both oral language fluency and writing skills.

n LESSON PLAN TITLES• Writing for an Audience

• Day and Night Storybooks

n MATERIALS Materials for each lesson are listed

with each lesson plan. An overall material budget including pricing and vendors follows the lesson plans.

n ABOUT THE DEVELOPER Brittanie Moore has a Bachelor of

Health Services from Florida Atlantic University. She has taught kindergarten at Inwood Elementary for 4 years. During the summer she teaches Voluntary PreKindergarten for the Polk County School Board.

In her free time, Brittanie enjoys going to the movies, amusement parks and cooking.

H H H

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“Writing Prompts: 2009 and Beyond!” Brittanie MooreLesson Plan No 1: Writing for an Audience

n SUBJECTS COVEREDLanguage Arts

n GRADESKindergarten

n OBJECTIVES Goal: To make students aware that an

author expresses ideas and thoughts through their writing.

Objectives:

• Students will learn how to plan for writing.

• Students will learn when you use upper case and lower case letters in their writing.

• Students will be able to make their pictures match their words.

n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS

LA.K.5.1.2. Student writes from left to right and top to bottom.

LA.K.3.2.1. Student creates narratives by drawing, dictating, and/or using emergent writing.

LA.K.3.1.1. Student connects thoughts and oral language to generate ideas.

LA.K.6.4.1. Student will use technology resources to support learning.

n MATERIALS§MP3 player

§Pencils

§Handwr it ing paper (for draf t writing)

§Storyboard paper (for final writing)

§Crayons

§Laptop computer

n DIRECTIONS Activity 1: Prewriting: Create a PowerPoint

with approximately 5 slides. Each slide will contain a picture & a title. Slide 1 - a picture of a setting Slide 2 - a picture of a character Slide 3, 4 - a picture of objects Slide 5 - an additional character

or animals Allow students in small groups watch

PowerPoint slides several times and discuss the pictures using the vocabulary words. Have students identify the setting and characters. Have the students record key words to help them remember what is on the slides.

Activity 2: Oral Language: Set your MP3

player to the recording function. Have students take the notes that they have written down with them to a quiet place in the classroom. Have students record their story and thoughts into the MP3 player.

Activity 3: Final Writing: Have students listen to

their recordings on the MP3 players. Have students record their stories on storyboard handwriting paper. Make sure that students are using upper case and lower case letters correctly as well as correct punctuation. Have students create illustrations that will match the words that they have written on each page.

Activity 4: Digital Storytelling: Allow the

students to scan the storyboard pages that they have created and create a digital presentation using Windows Movie Maker. Once you have the stories arranged in Movie Maker, download the audio recordings to match the pictures with the student’s voices.

n VOCABULARYThoughts, details, author, setting, topic, sequence, characters

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT

Teacher Observation: Observe the student’s work using

the rubric and give them a score from 1-4.

Kindergarten Standard Based Achievement Report.

n ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Use related fiction and non-fiction

books for read-alouds and to help introduce vocabulary terms and for display in classroom library for students to read.

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2009 - 2010 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe

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n SUBJECTS COVEREDLanguage Arts, Science

n GRADESKindergarten

n OBJECTIVES Goal: Students will complete a cross-

curricular writing assignment.

Objectives:

• Students will learn how to plan for writing.

• Students wi l l be able use technology tools to dur ing brainstorming activities.

• Students will be able use science vocabulary words to write a story.

n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS

LA.K.5.1.2. Student writes from left to right and top to bottom.

LA.K.3.2.1. Student creates narratives by drawing, dictating, and/or using emergent writing.

LA.K.3.1.1. Student connects thoughts and oral language to generate ideas.

LA.K.6.4.1. Student uses technology resources to support learning.

SC.E.1.1.1. Student knows that the sky looks different during the day than it does at night.

n VOCABULARYDay, night, sun, moon, stars, planet, topic, setting, characters

n MATERIALS§MP3 player§Vocabular y f lashcards w i th

pictures§Pencils§Handwr it ing paper (for draf t

writing)§Storyboard paper (for final writing)§Crayons§Laptop computer§Brass fasteners

n DIRECTIONS This lesson will work on building

connected reading and vocabulary skills to

science lessons that have been taught.

Activity 1: Prewriting: Create a PowerPoint

with approximately 5-7 slides. Each slide will contain a picture & a title. Slide 1, 2 - a picture of a setting Slide 3 - a picture of the sun

Slide 4 - a picture of the moon

Slide 5, 6, 7- additional pictures such as stars, character and animals

Allow students to watch PowerPoint slides several times and discuss the pictures using the vocabulary words. Have students identify the setting and characters. Use this time to discuss the science vocabulary terms with students. Have students record key words and notes to help them remember what is on the slides. Give the students the option of creating a story set in the day time, night time or both.

Activity 2: Audio Recording: Allow students

one by one to record their ideas their story on the MP3 player. Have students take the notes that they have written down to help them recall the information from the slides.

“Writing Prompts: 2009 and Beyond!” Brittanie MooreLesson Plan No 2: Day and Night Story Books

Activity 3: Final Writing: Have students listen to

their recordings on the MP3 players. Have them write their sentences onto handwriting paper. Make sure that students are using upper case and lower case letters correctly as well as correct punctuation. Have students create illustrations that will match the words that they have written on each page.

Activity 4: Creating Books: Have students

create a cover page for their story. Use brass fasteners to bind book together.

n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT

Teacher Observation: Observe the student’s work using

the rubric and give them a score from 1-4.

Kindergarten Standard Based Achievement Report.

n ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1. Use related non-fiction and fiction books about day and night to display in classroom library for students to read. Suggested Titles:

• “What Makes Day and Night” by Franklyn Branley

• “Day Night, Night Light” by Franklyn Branley

• “A Day” by Patricia Murphy

2. Unitedstreaming Clip to be shown whole group “Night and Day” Video segment - Discovery Education

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2009 - 2010 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe

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“Writing Prompts: 2009 and Beyond!” Brittanie MooreAdditional Information

2009 - 2010 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe

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“Writing Prompts: 2009 and Beyond!” Brittanie MooreLesson Plans Materials Budget

Wal Mart Sansa 1GB Clip MP3 Player 6 33.59 201.54

Brittanie MooreInwood Elementary School

$201.54

$201.54

2009 - 2010 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe

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2009 - 2010 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe

“Writing Prompts: 2009 and Beyond!” Brittanie MooreRubric

Beginning4

Developing3

Accomplished 2

exemplary1

Writing Process

Student devotes a lot of time and effort to the writing process.

Student devotes sufficient time and effort to writing process.

Student devotes some time and effort to the writing process, but was not thorough.

Student devotes little time and effort to the writing process.

Neatness The final draft is readable, clean, neat and attractive.

The final draft of the story is readable, neat and attractive.

The final draft of the story is readable and some pages are attractive.

The final draft is not neat or attractive.

Illustrations Original illustrations are detailed, attractive and relate to the page.

Original illustrations are somewhat detailed and attractive.

Original illustrations relate to text on a page.

Illustrations are not present.

total Score

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