Create a 3 week unit plan with scope and sequence with instructional goals: content and skills. Sequence of activities with assessments and ideas for differentiation to support struggling students
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Scope and Sequence
Week 1: Introduction to the Narrative Genre
Week 2: Components of a Narrative Story
Week 3: Editing and Revising a Narrative
Instructional Goals
Content:
Students will understand the characteristics of a narrative story.
Students will be able to identify and use different literary devices in their own writing.
Students will learn to edit and revise their work using peer and teacher feedback.
Skills:
Students will learn to generate ideas for their writing.
Students will learn to use descriptive language to create vivid scenes.
Students will develop their ability to structure a complex narrative story.
Sequence of Activities with Assessments
Week 1: Introduction to the Narrative Genre
Day 1: Introduction to Narrative Genre (Lecture)
Assessment: Exit Ticket - Students write a short paragraph describing what they understand about a narrative story.
Day 2: Reading Different Narrative Stories (Group Activity)
Assessment: Group Discussion - Students summarize the different stories they read and identify common elements.
Day 3: Narrative Writing Techniques (Lecture)
Assessment: Writing Prompt - Students create the opening sentence to a story.
Day 4: Brainstorming Ideas (Individual Activity)
Assessment: Peer Review - Students exchange their ideas and give feedback to their peers.
Week 2: Components of a Narrative Story
Day 1: Role of Characters (Lecture)
Assessment: Written response - Students compare different characters from the stories they read.
Day 2: Setting a Scene (Group Activity)
Assessment: Small Group Discussion - Students discuss how to create a specific environment that matches a given character or plot.
Day 3: Use of Dialogues (Lecture)
Assessment: Written response - Students write a conversation between two characters.
Day 4: Narrative Story Structure (Lecture)
Assessment: Writing prompt - Students create a story outline using a specific structure.
Week 3: Editing and Revising a Narrative
Day 1: Revising a Draft (Group Activity)
Assessment: Pair Review - Students exchange their written drafts and provide feedback.
Day 2: Conflict and Resolution (Lecture)
Assessment: Writing prompt - Students write a story that includes a conflict and a resolution.
Day 3: Final Editing (Individual Activity)
Assessment: Peer Review - Students exchange their final drafts with a peer.
Day 4: Presentation of Writing (Class Presentation)
Assessment: Oral Presentation - Students read their narrative stories and receive feedback from the teacher.
Ideas for Differentiation to Support Struggling Students
Using visual prompts to help struggling writers.
Providing sentence structures for students to use in their writing.
Using sentence frames to guide students in their conversations.
Breaking concepts down into small parts to help struggling students understand.
Providing additional feedback to help struggling students improve their writing.