Keystone Project Draft

Summary

The students will be using Book Builder to show their understanding of elements in a story.  Elements of a story and story structure will be taught using the Smatboard.  The online interactive (see link below) lesson will be used to teach/review the elements of a story.  The students will then work collaboratively in groups to write a story and present it using Book Builder.  The lesson will take place over three 40 minute periods.  It will be for a fourth grade level resource room.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/

Student learning outcome

• The student will understand and be able to locate the elements of a story.
• The student will create a digital book using UDL Book Builder.
• The students will include all the elements of a story in their book.

Common Core Standards

Reading:  Craft and Structure

• Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
• Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

Writing:  Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

• Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
• Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.

ISTE NETS Standards

1. Creativity and Innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes

b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression

c. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues

Assessment
Three rubrics will be used.  One will assess the students writing skills.  The second will assess their ability to work collaboratively and a third will be used to assess their Book.