Name of Class: "Introduction to ESL Story Writing" Level of Class: Beginner Grade: 6th Grade Total Number of Days: 10 Topic of Unit: Story Writing _____________________________________________________________ Overall Goal: Deriving from the fundamental concepts of education, linguistics, communication, and psychology, this course will cover the fundamental 5 W's (who, what, where, when, why), characterization, the Beginning/Middle/End of a story, composing, and publishing deriving from the topic of story writing. _____________________________________________________________ Learning Objectives:
___________________________________________________________ Materials and Resources: Day 1: "The Christmas Play" by Kate, paper, markers Day 2: "Identifying Character" worksheet, "The Christmas Play" by Kate, paper, pencil Day 3: "The Christmas Play" by Kate, Video Resource (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLzfXQSPBOg, notecards, pencil Day 4: Video Resource (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLzfXQSPBOg), "Beginning Activity" cards ("character": (ex.) Sam, Lauren, Tom, Megan, the dog, the family, a dragon; "setting": (ex.) the park, at night, Disneyland, at 3:00pm, a castle; "opener": (ex.) Once upon a time, Today, Last night, One time, A long time ago; "wild card": (ex.) colors, emotions, adjectives, extra details), paper, pencil Day 5: Video Resource (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLzfXQSPBOg), Video resource(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBzPioph8CI) Day 6: Video Resource (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLzfXQSPBOg), Video resource (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBzPioph8CI), handouts that have short stories. Day 7: Video resource (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpkLjt4R8j8), one worksheet, one chart, a series of three pictures of different scenes, paper, pencil. Day 8: Outlines/charts from previous days, paper, pencil. Day 9: Construction paper, colored pencils, crayons, markers, safety scissors, glue Day 10: None _____________________________________________________________ Assessment: Short Story Presentation (Day 10) |