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ED 315 LESSON PLAN Lesson # 2

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Name: Jessica Borkowski Content Area: ELA
Date: Grade Level: Third Grade

CCSS.W.2.3-Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas
and information clearly.

Students have previously worked on writing a three paragraph narrative essay. Students
are ready to work on a three paragraph informative/explanatory essay. Students have
limited background knowledge of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Students will define positive.
Students will define and provide examples of what positive work meant to Dr. King.
Students will define and provide examples of what positive work means to them.

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Informal: Positive Graphic Organizer

Formal: Final writing piece.




Martins Big Words by Doreen Rappaport
My Reading Notes Handout
Positive Graphic Organizer




Introduction: In writing we are going to be working on creating an essay for the Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. writing contest. Yesterday we read Martins Big Words to help us learn more about Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. Today we are going to learn about the theme or topic of our essays.
Steps for instruction This year the theme for the writing contest is We have a great deal of positive work
to do. To help us better understand what our audience is looking for from our writing. We are going to
focus on some key words in this theme. First we are going to focus on the word positive. On your graphic
organizers you will notice three columns. In the first column I want you to write down words that mean the
same thing as positive. You will have two minutes to write down as many words as you can think of. When
the timer is done, I am going to ask you to share some of your words with your classmates. After the
students are done, have them share as a whole group words that they came up with. Write these words on
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the model graphic organizer. Now the theme or topic of the essay talks about positive work when we
learned yesterday in Martins Big Words that Dr. King did a lot of positive work. In the second column on
your graphic organizer, I want you to write examples of the positive work that Dr. King did. If you need
help remembering you can use your notes from yesterday. This time you have five minutes to write down
examples of the positive work that Dr. King did. When the timer is done, I am going to ask you to share
some your examples with your classmates. After the students are done, have them share as a whole group
the examples they came up with. Write these examples on the model graphic organizer. Now lets look at
the last column on our graphic organizers. It says positive work and me. I wonder what that means? I
think it means that I should write about the positive work that I do/can do just like Dr. King. One thing that
I do right now that is positive work is going to school to become a teacher so I can help children learn. So
on my graphic organizer I am going to write become a teacher to help children learn. Now I would like
you to think about the positive work that you can do or are already doing. Write your examples in the third
column. At the end of writing today, I am going ask some students to share some of the examples they
wrote down.
Strategies for students requiring additional assistance: Circulate the room to provide additional support
as needed.
Closure: Have a few students share their positive work in me examples. Save your notes that you took
in your writing folders/notebooks because you will need them again. Tomorrow we are going to start to work
on writing our essays.



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