Carley Taylor

February 25, 2016

Lesson Plan
Grade/Subject: Grade 5 ELA

Lesson Duration: 60 minutes

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General Learning Outcomes:
1.2 Clarify and Extend
2.4 Create Original Text
3.3 Organize, Record and Evaluate
Specific Learning Outcomes:
1.2.1 seek the viewpoints of others to build on personal responses and understanding
2.4.1 use texts from listening, reading and viewing experiences as models for producing own oral, print and other
media texts
2.4.3 use structures encountered in texts to organize and present ideas in own oral, print and other media texts
2.4.4 use own experience as a starting point and source of information for fictional oral, print and other media
texts
3.3.1 use clear organizational structures, such as chronological order, and cause and effect, to link ideas and
information and to assist audience understanding
3.3.2 organize ideas and information to emphasize key points for the audience
3.3.3 add, delete or combine ideas to communicate more effectively

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Develop a plan for their ideal lazy day.
2. Develop an outline for a descriptive paragraph describing their lazy day.
3. Write a descriptive paragraph to describe their lazy day.

ASSESSMENTS
Strategies
Written formative assessment
Class / Group Discussion
Student Exemplars

Key Questions:

What would you do on your lazy day?

What would you NOT do on your lazy day?
How would you feel during / after your lazy day?
What makes a poor or excellent descriptive paragraph?

Written/Performance Assessments:
Outline of their ideal lazy day.
Write a descriptive paragraph about their ideal lazy day.

Cooperative learning strategies

Kagans Think-Write-RoundRobin Strategy

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Projector / Speakers / Computer

Outline / Rough Draft template
Descriptive Paragraph Template

PROCEDURE
Introduction (3 min.):
Hook/Attention Grabber: Play Lazy Song from 1:50-2:24 (Chorus). Ask students to silently think about the lyrics
of the song, and what the song is talking about. Encourage students to listen closer a second time. Play Lazy Song
from 1:50-2:24 (Chorus) again.
Transition to Body: Pass out descriptive paragraph template while the song is playing. When the song is finished, have
students fold the two short edges into the middle, creating a + + division on the page.

Body (35 min.):

Learning Activity #1(15 minutes):
Kagans Think-write-roundrobin Teacher asks a question, student silently writes answers, and then takes turn sharing
answers with a group.
1. What would you do on your lazy day?
2. What would you NOT do on your lazy day?
3. How would you feel during / After your lazy day?
Students will write their answers in the center portion of a folded page.

Carley Taylor

February 25, 2016

Assessments/Differentiation: Listen to group discussions, look at the answers written on their paper. Roam the classroom.

Learning Activity #2 (10 minutes): Discuss descriptive paragraphs: Ask: what makes a paragraph descriptive? What
characteristics will a descriptive paragraph include? (Introduction, Body / descriptive details, closing sentence /
summary). Write the answers on the board. Students will already have descriptive details on their page. Show
examples on the board or poor, okay and excellent descriptive paragraphs. Have the class write an introduction and a
closing sentence on the upper and lower portions of the page.
Learning Activity #3 (30 minutes): Pair students with someone that isnt in their table group. They will round robin,
and discuss their paragraph. Each student will provide the other with two positive statesments and one constructive
comment about their paragraph. Each student can make final additions to their outline. Students will write their
descriptive paragraph following the outline they created in Learning Activity #2.
Assessments/Differentiation: Roam the classroom offering feedback where possible. Students will complete their descriptive
paragraph, trade with a classmate for peer feedback, make revisions and hand it in.
Sponge Activity: Silent Read.

Closure (2 min.):
Consolidation/Assessment of Learning: Collect finished work. Clean up for next class.
As a follow up to this lesson, students could share their work with the class if desired.

*Rationale: This lesson incorporates the lyrics to a song because the class will soon be shifting
into a poetry unit. If I taught this course as a full time teacher I would spread this lesson out
over multiple class periods and incorporate it into Daily 5 to achieve the best results.
Day 1: Gather ideas.
Day 2: Write beginning and concluding sentences.
Day 3: Student exemplars / write paragraph.
Day 4: Peer editing / revisions.
Day 5: Write good copy.
Example 1:
I will do nothing. I will sleep in. I will eat junk food. I will not clean. I will stay in my pajamas
I will feel lazy. I will watch tv. I will feel sick.
Example 2:
If I had a lazy day, I wouldnt do anything that I didnt want to. I would sleep as long as I
could, then eat whatever I wanted for breakfast. I wouldnt do the dishes, or even load the
dishwasher. I wouldnt do the laundry, or wash my hair. I would lounge in my pajamas and
watch tv. I will eat junk food until I become sick to my stomach. I will have a wonderful, lazy
day.
Example 3:
If I had a day to be lazy, I would have a lot of fun! Of course, I wouldnt do anything I didnt
want to. I would turn off my alarm, and snuggle in my warm and cozy bed as long as I wanted.
Then, I would make myself a large, unhealthy breakfast with all of my favourite foods. Id
leave a stack of dishes in the sink, avoiding the dishwasher altogether. The laundry would
remain on the floor of my bedroom, and my hair in a messy bun on the top of my head. I
wouldnt bother changing out of my pajamas while I caught up on my favorite TV shows on
Netflix. I would pull out a bag of chips and some popcorn and eat until I turned green in the
face. My lazy day would be wonderful, but it will likely never happen.