Lessoncreatedby:JackBoucke

Subject:
CharacterLesson/ELA
Grade:
4
Time:
45minutes
Standards:
CCSSELA
2.Writeinformative/explanatorytextstoexamineatopicandconveyideasandinformation
clearly
b.Developthetopicwithfacts,definitions,concretedetails,quotations,orotherinformation
andexamplesrelatedtothetopic
Objectives:
Studentswillbeabletodiscussandwriteaboutthreewaystobecomeabetteronlinecitizen
andwriteabriefinformativetextaboutaCaliforniaNativeAmericantribeusingtrustworthy
sourcesandcitingtheirevidence.
Preassessment:
InformalassessmentusingSocrative
Studentsrespondtoshortanswerquestion:Howdoyouknowifasourceof
informationistrustworthyortrue?
Studentsrespondtoshortanswerquestion:Howdoyoustaysafewhenusingthe
internet?
Discuss36studentresponses
Instructionalstrategies:
IntroduceYoutubevideo
DetectingLiesandStayingTrue.
Todaywearegoingtolearnabout
howwecanbecomeabetteronlinecitizen.Firstweregoingtowatchavideo.Whileyoure
watching,writedownthe3waystodetectliesandstaytruewhenresearchingandinteracting
withothersonline.
Duringvideostudentsnote3waystodetectliesandstaytrue(checkatleast3
sources,beamemberofthecommunitydontbully,steal,orcheatandreportothers,
protectyourselfthinkbeforeyoupost)
Discuss3waystodetectliesandstaytruewithpartner:Howcanyoubecomeabetter
onlinecitizen(Usesentenceframe:Icanbecomeabetteronlinecitizenby...)
Discuss36responsesasaclass

Introducewritingassignment.ChooseoneofthefourCaliforniaNativeAmericantribeswe
havebeenstudying.Researchthattribeusingonlineresources.Youmustuseatleastthree
differentresources.Takenotesduringyourresearch.Compareinformationacrossresources
todeterminewhatinformationisthesame.WriteaninformativeparagraphabouttheNative
Americantribeusingtheinformationyouhavecollected.Attheendcitewhereyoufoundyour
information.

Studentactivities:
studentschoose1of4differentNativeAmericantribes(Miwok,Chumash,Cahuillaor

Yukot)toresearch
researchthattribeusingonlineresources
useatleastthreedifferentresources
takenotesduringresearch
compareinformationacrossresourcestodeterminewhatinformationisthesame
writeaninformativeparagraphabouttheNativeAmericantribeusingtheinformation
citeresources

Summativeassessment:
Studentsturnincompletedparagraphandcitationsforgradingusingprovidedrubric.

ResearchReport:CANativeTribes

TeacherName:
Mr.Boucke

StudentName:________________________________________

CATEGORY

Sources

Allsources
(informationand
graphics)are
accurately
documentedinthe
desiredformat.

Allsources
(informationand
graphics)are
accurately
documented,buta
fewarenotinthe
desiredformat.

Allsources
(informationand
graphics)are
accurately
documented,but
manyarenotinthe
desiredformat.

Somesourcesare
notaccurately
documented.

Notes

Notesarerecorded
andorganizedinan
extremelyneatand
orderlyfashion.

Notesarerecorded
legiblyandare
somewhat
organized.

Notesarerecorded.

Notesarerecorded
onlywith
peer/teacher
assistanceand
reminders.

Qualityof
Information

Informationclearly
relatestothemain
topic.Itincludes
severalsupporting
detailsand/or
examples.

Informationclearly
relatestothemain
topic.Itprovides
12supporting
detailsand/or
examples.

Informationclearly
relatestothemain
topic.Nodetails
and/orexamples
aregiven.

Informationhaslittle
ornothingtodowith
themaintopic.

Organization

Informationisvery
organizedwith
wellconstructed
paragraphsand
subheadings.

Informationis
organizedwith
wellconstructed
paragraphs.

Informationis
organized,but
paragraphsarenot
wellconstructed.

Theinformation
appearstobe
disorganized.8)

Paragraph
Construction

Allparagraphs
includeintroductory
sentence,
explanationsor
details,and
concluding
sentence.

Mostparagraphs
includeintroductory
sentence,
explanationsor
details,and
concluding
sentence.

Paragraphs
includedrelated
informationbut
weretypicallynot
constructedwell.

Paragraphing
structurewasnot
clearandsentences
werenottypically
relatedwithinthe
paragraphs.