EDU 5170 Cody Miller Micro Lesson: Active and Passive Voice E.L.A. Standard: L.8.

1b: Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice. Technology Standards: ISTE.NETS.S.1a: Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes. ISTE.NETS.S.1b: Create original works as a means of personal or group expression. E.L.A. Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to distinguish between active and passive voice. Using this skill, students will be able to employ active and passive voice in writing a ten sentence story on a Microsoft Word document with five sentences written in the active voice and five sentences written in the passive voice. Technology Lesson Objective: Students will be able to distinguish between active and passive voice. Using this skill, students will be able to employ active and passive voice in writing a ten sentence story on a Microsoft Word document with five sentences written in the active voice and five sentences written in the passive voice. Introduce the Learning Activity: The teacher will write an agenda on the board before the lesson begins, and it will include the objective. The teacher will verbally go over the agenda when the lesson begins and ask if there are any questions. Professor Vega

On the right-hand side of the board, the teacher will have active voice and passive voice written with space for definitions of the two terms to be written in later. Using Prezi, the teacher will put up a picture of a young child eating grapes. The teacher will then ask if any students have learned about active and passive voice prior to the lesson. If so, the teacher will let students share their prior knowledge. Then, the teacher will direct students attention to two incomplete sentences describing the picture on Prezi. The first one will say, The girl is . The second one will say, The grapes are . The teacher

will ask for a volunteer to finish the first sentence, and then ask if that sentence is active or passive and why. The teacher will fill in the definition for active voice and clarify any confusion as to why the first sentence is written in the active voice. The teacher will ask for a volunteer to finish the second sentence, and then ask if that sentence is active or passive and why. The teacher will fill in the definition for passive voice and clarify any confusion as to why the second sentence is written in the passive voice. Provide Information: During the motivator, the teacher will write down the definitions for active voice and passive voice on the board after discussing an example of each with the class. Provide Practice: The students will play an online game where they are given sentences written in the active or passive voice with the verbs missing, and they are to select one of three choices of verbs that are appropriate. If they choose the correct verb, they can attempt a three-point basketball shot.

Then the students will take an online quiz where they select the appropriate verb for sentences written in the active and passive voice. They will print out their answers for the teacher to collect.

The students will write a story of at least ten sentences on a Microsoft Word document. The students will employ the active voice in five sentences and the passive voice in five in sentences. Provide Knowledge of the Results: While the students are completing the online game and quiz, the teacher will be walking around the room to check progress and answer any questions that arise.

The teacher will provide written feedback on both the online quiz that students print out and the story they write. The feedback will include comments on why any of their answers were incorrect as well as whether or not they are employing active and passive voice correctly in their stories.

Review the Activity: The teacher will direct students attention to the objectives for the lesson. The teacher will reiterate the definition for active voice and ask for an example of a sentence in the active voice. The teacher will reiterate the definition for the passive voice and ask for an example of a sentence in the passive voice. Method of assessment: The teacher will use an answer key in evaluating students quizzes to assess whether or not they can distinguish between active and passive voice:

1. Was shocked 2. Has been teaching 3. Has been said 4. Will be published 5. Remembers 6. Was introduced 7. Is being considered 8. Was held 9. Will be given 10. Had already been solved

The teacher will use a scoring guide in evaluating students stories to assess whether or not they can employ the active and passive voice in their writing: Check Minus: Student wrote less than three sentences in the active voice and three sentences in the passive voice. Check: Students wrote at least three sentences in the active voice and at least three sentences in the passive voice. Check Plus: Students wrote at least five sentences in the active voice and at least five sentences in the passive voice.