VocabularyShortStory

CentralFocus:Vocabulary

Subject:5thgradeWriting
EssentialStandard/CommonCore
Objective:
CCSS.ELALITERACY.RI.5.4Determinethe
meaningofgeneralacademicand
domainspecificwordsandphrasesinatext
relevanttoagrade5topicorsubjectarea

Datesubmitted:

9/22/16

Rationale:Thepointofthislessontohelpstudentlearnthevocabularyfor5thgrade.Inpreviousgradedtheylearnspecific
words.Thislessonwillallowthemtoactoutthewordssotheyhaveabetterunderstandingofwhattheymean.Thepointof
learningthesewordsistoeventuallycreateashortstoryusingthewordsinthem.Thislessonalsofosterscreativityandgives
studentsachancetomakethereownstory,especiallysincetheyhavebeenreviewingstoryelementsandplotswithinthepast
weeks.

DailyLessonObjective:

Performance:Afterreviewingthemeaningofthewordsjostle,obstacle,andretire,andthepartsofashort
story,studentswillcompleteawritingassignment.Thisassignmentwillbeashortstorywithabeginning,
middle,andincludingallofthevocabularywords.

Conditions:Studentsmustworkindependently.

Criteria:Studentsareexpectedtoearn7outof8points.

AcademicLanguageDemand(LanguageFunctionandVocabulary):
Languagefunction:Determine
Vocab: jostle,obstacle,andretire.
Syntax:sentence,paragraph

PriorKnowledge:
Knowledge:elementsofstory,jostle,obstacle,andretire.
Skills:determining,writing,reading

Activity

1.FocusandReview

DescriptionofActivitiesandSetting
Hellostudents.YoumayknowmeasMs.Ham,buttodayIwillbe
Sally.Wewillwillbemakingshortstories.ButfirstIneedyoutoto
getoutyournotebook,ablanksheetofpaper,andapencil.

Whenyouaredone,sitlistenersstyle.Couldsomeonepassoutthe
DoNows?.Thanks____

Time

510
min.

2.StatementofObjective
forStudent

3.TeacherInput

Okaysothefirstthingwearegoingtodoisaourwonderful
DoNOW.

StudentswillcompleteadailysparkoraDoNow.Thecriteriais
below.

Donow.

Thinkaboutit:
1. Ifyouwererushingandtherewasabigcrowdwhatwould
youdotogetthrough?
2. Whatkindofsetbacksdoyouface?
3. Whatwillyoudowhenyouhavecompletedyourjob?

ProbingQuestions:
Whatifyoudidn'thavemanners?(Q.1)
Whatsetbacksdoyoufaceatschool,home,family?(Q.2)
Whatdoyouwanttobewhenyougrowup.Thinkabout
whenyouareold?Whatdoyourgrandparentsdo?(Q.3)

Todaywearegoingtolearnaboutthewordsjostle,obstacle,and
retire.Wewillalsoreviewtheelementsofashortstorysotheyyou
areabletocreateyourown.Vocabularyisimportantbecauseit
makesusbetterreadersandwriters.

Studentswillparticipateindiscussionofpreviousvocabularywords
andfillinachartofthevocabularymeanings.

GreatjobwithyourDoNow!Todaywearereviewingsomewords
youmaybefamiliarwith.Wewillthencreateashortstoryusing
thesewords.

Pleaseaddtoyourjournaltableofcontents:
VocabularyShortStory.

Thankyou.NowIwillpassoutachartsowecanwriteour
vocabularyworksonit.

Word

Type

Ex.Sentence

Yoursentence

Jostle

verb

Obstacle noun

Retire

Verb

1. 2.

1. 2.

1015
min.

Awesomesauce.SoIwillgooverapresentationandasIdowe
willfillouttheboxthatyoujustdrew.Besuretopayattention.

Ourfirstwordisjostle.Whatdoyourememberabouttheword
jostle?
(Studentresponds)Good,doesanyoneelsehaveanythingtoadd?
OkaysoJostlemeanstopushforward.WritejostleundertheWord
columnandalsothedefinition

Whattypeofwordisjostle?Isitanoun,adjective,orverb?

Okay.Jostleisaverb.Sointheboxrightbesidejostleundertype
writeverb.

LetsthinkaboutyourDonow,Ifyouwererushingandtherewasa
bigcrowdwhatwouldyoudotogetthrough?

Wouldyoupushorjostlesomeone?

Somepeoplewouldsayexcuseme,butsomeonemightpushyou.
WhenIwenttoapartymyfriendMonicapushedmesowecould
getinthecenterofadanceparty.Shejostledmeattheparty.

Cansomeonegivemeanexamplesentenceusingthewordjostle?
Thatisagreatexample.Letswriteitunderexamplesentenceon
ourchart.

Great.Doesanyonehaveanyquestionsaboutthewordjostle?

Ournextwordisobstacle.Whatisanobstacle?
LookatyourDonow?Whatkindofsetbacksdoyouface?

IfItrytowalkintheclassroom.Whataresomethingsthatcould
preventmefrommovingforward?

Noise
Thedoor
Thewall

Anobstacleissomethingthatpreventsonefrommovingforward.
Anobstacleislikeasetback.Icouldn'tdrivein5thgradebecauseI
didnothavealicense.MyobstaclewasthatIhadnolicense.This

4.GuidedPractice

preventedmefrommovingforwardanddriving.Whatkindofword
isobstacle?Noun,Verb,orAdjective?

Couldsomeonegivemeanexamplesentence?

Ourlastwordfortodayisretire:

Whatdoyouknowaboutthewordretire?
LookbackatyourDoitnowandtellmewhatyouwroteforthe3rd
question:Whatwillyoudowhenyouhavecompletedyourjob?
Okaycool.

Retireiswhensomeonestopsworkingbecausetheyhavereached
acertainage.MygrandmotherwillretireinDecemberbecauseshe
hasreachedacertainage.Shehasworkedasateachersassistantfor
alongtime,evenwhenIwasinschool.

Anotherdefinitionofretireistogotobed.Thinkoftiredasinretire.

Whatisagoodexamplesentenceforretire?(Studentresponse)
Ex:Iamreadytoretireithasbeenalongday.

Okaysowehavefilledinagoodportionofourchart,buttheres
onecolumnmissing.Whatcolumnisthat?
Yesthegroupsentencecolumn.

YoudidreallywellwiththereviewofourvocabwordsnowIwant
youtoactthemout.Ineedyourleadershipearson.

OkayclassnowwearegoingtoplayagamecalledScript,Drama
andfreeze.Wewillbreakyouintogroupsandyouwillbegivenone
word.Youwillneedtocreateasentencewiththewordasagroup
andactouttheword.Youwillalsohavetodecideonthenarrator,
whosejobistotelltheclassthesentence.Youwillhavetoactitout
for3secondsandfreeze.Theclasswillhavetoguesswhatword
youused.Thisislikeavine.Whenanothergroupisup,youneedto
listensoyoucanfillinthelastcolumnofyourchart.

Cansomeonetellmewhatweareabouttodo?

Studentswillworkingroupstocomeupwithasmall3second
dramaandthenbepreparedtofreezeinacertainposition.Every

20min.


studentmustparticipate.Eachgroupwillalsocreateasentence
usingthatword.Onenarratormustreadtheclasstheirsentence.

AsthechildrenmingleandtalkIwillasksomeprobingquestions:

Whatdoyourememberaboutthelesson?
Howcanyournoteshelpusfigureoutasentence?
Doyouhaveanymoreburningquestions?

Okaysoweahaveaclassfullofgreatactors,nowitstimeforeach
ofyoutobecomeanauthorordirector.Wewillnowusethese

wordstowriteashortstory.Letsreviewtheelementsofashort

story:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I24S72Jps

1015
Plot,Characters,Conflict,Theme,Setting,
min.

Okaysoforyourvocabularyshortstoryyouwillneedto:
5.IndependentPractice
1. Includeall3vocabwords:jostle,obstacle,andretire.
2. Includeall5shortstoryelements.

Studentswillworkindependentlyonawritingassignmentthatasks
themtousejostle,obstacle,andretire.

Whatcanyoudotoaddflavortoyourstory?
Doesanyonehaveanyquestions?

Formativecheckedthroughobservationsandquestions.

SummativeThewrittenassignmentwillbegradedandshowmasteryofwhat
studentsknowaboutvocabulary.
6.AssessmentMethodsof
Total=5points
allobjectives/skills:
1pointperwordused(Total=3pt.)
1pointforusingelementsofstory.(Total:5)

Todaywereviewedalotofvocabularywords.Welookedat

sentencesweactedthemout,andthenwewroteashortstoryabout

them.

Asanexitticketchooseoneofthevocabularywordswediscussed

7.Closure
anddefineit.

510

min.

SummaryQuestions:

Doyoufeelmorecomfortablewiththewordswereviewed?
Arethereanyquestions?

TargetedStudentsModifications/Accommodations:
Hyperactivity:
Iwouldaddmotionsinwhenexplainingvocabularywords.
jostle(Ex:pusharmsforward),retire(Sleephandsorcrosslegs.Obstacle(Makeanxwithmyarms.)
Materials/Technology:GooglePowerpoint,Youtube,LiteracyNotebook,pencils,Smartboard.
Flocabularyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I24S72Jps
Powerpoint
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NgRX2y4FY9Q1KM1q_NMmtadFmdZqBXinZiDulnOU1LI/edit?usp
=sharing

ReviewTable
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r485l5HHDTKe02f_Bk4W97V9sK10hziLlMaIz8uRMBs/edit?usp=shari
ng

DoNowandExitTickets
https://docs.google.com/a/uncc.edu/document/d/1WXkGgMWexOlsle2HDKHirCq14qdp784wBdzS9Qg/edi
t?usp=sharing

Reflectiononlesson:
IwasunabletofinishthislessonbutIwouldhavegradethestudentsontheirstoriesandiftheyhadusesthe
elementsofastory.IfIdidgradethestudentonparticipation,Ithink85%ofthestudentsparticipatedand
learnedwhatthewordsmean.Mystudentslearnedwhatthewords,jostle,retire,andobstaclewere.My
intentionwasforthemtolearnthewordsandbeabletousetheminasentence.TheydidthiswhenIaskedfor
examples.Ithinkthemostsuccessfulpartofmylessonwasthereviewofthevocabularywords.Ithinkthis
wassuccessfulbecausetheDoNowsrelatedtothedefinitionsofthevocabularywords.Thestudentswill
hopefulrememberthemmoresincetheyareabletoconnectwiththeirownexperiences.Onethingthatwas
unsuccessfulwastheguidedactivity.Intheguidedactivitytherewasalotoftalkingandsomegroupsdidnot
remainfocused.ThiswasunsuccessfulbecauseIgavethemtoomuchtimetocomeupwithasmallskit.The
groupswerelargeraswell.InthefutureIwillpacemyselfbetter,bysettingatimerandlimitingthetime
studentshavetocompletegroupassignments.Ithinkthiswillbeeffectivebecauseitwillallowthemtofocus
andhaveasenseofurgencywhenworkingtogether.