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Using Feeling Words in our Writing

Using Feeling Words in our Writing. By: Jamie Morawski April 30, 2009. School. Class. Thomas Edison Elementary Kenton School District. 3 rd Grade Mrs. Brodfeuhrer’s Class 21 Students. Grade Level and Ability. Of the 21 students: 4 were diagnosed with ADHD Learning Disabilities

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Using Feeling Words in our Writing

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  1. Using Feeling Words in our Writing By: Jamie Morawski April 30, 2009

  2. School Class • Thomas Edison Elementary • Kenton School District 3rd Grade Mrs. Brodfeuhrer’s Class 21 Students

  3. Grade Level and Ability • Of the 21 students: • 4 were diagnosed with ADHD • Learning Disabilities • 1 student has Tourette’s Syndrome • 6 were in the gift and talented program • 6 had IEP’s that required some modifications.

  4. Focus Question How can I improve my assessment plan? • 1.0 The learner will be able to describe, in writing, a single moment or event when they felt a certain emotion. Objective Time Frame: 3 days Each writing block is 45 minutes to 1 hour long.

  5. Purpose • To have the students produce a strong, focused writing piece about one moment/event when they felt a specific emotion Enduring Understanding Using a moment when they felt a strong emotion will bring out their voice and make their writing much more powerful.

  6. Essential Question • Why is it important to write about moments when we feel different emotions? Guided Questions What do we need to do as writers in order to improve our writing? Why is it important to include describing words/details in our writing? Why is it important to write about our emotions and feelings?

  7. Standards • ELA Core Curriculum • Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression. • Performance Indicator: Use resources such as personal experiences and elements from other texts and performances to stimulate own writing

  8. Modification Table

  9. Day 1 • Family Feud game • Ways to improve writing • Based on previous lessons • Pass the paper activity • Students work in their table groups in order to write about a single event/moment

  10. Pass the Paper

  11. Day 2 • Re-writing • “The Way I Feel,” by Janan Cain • The students rewrote the story using different feeling words. • Writing Time • Students pick a specific feeling word off of the “Feeling Words” chart and write about a moment in their life when they felt this emotion.

  12. Day 3 • Web activity -Hands-on approach to writing as a group • Computer lab time • Sharing our stories using the megaphone!

  13. Web Activity

  14. Assessment • Summative: • The students wrote a story about a single moment in their life when they felt a specific emotion. • The student were assessed using the Cupcake Rubric. • Designed by myself and another 3rd grade teacher at Edison Elementary.

  15. The Cupcake Rubric

  16. Teacher Exemplar • Last week was a very exciting time in my life! I came home from school where I had just received a perfect score on my Math test. As I walked into the house, I saw my parents sitting at the kitchen table, which made me nervous. They asked me to join them at the table and I slowly put my backpack on the floor and sat in the chair. They then gave me some thrilling news! • They told me that we were going on vacation in April. I was so excited and couldn’t wait to actually go. My parents told me that we would be going to Florida, which made me very happy. They then described our trip and how we would be going to Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. I was so overwhelmed with excitement that I could barely stay in my seat.

  17. Developing Student Work • Scored a total of 1 on the Cupcake Rubric. • This student, who has ADHD, has trouble focusing on a single topic when writing.

  18. Developing Work Rubric

  19. Proficient Student Work • Scored a total of 3 on the Cupcake Rubric. • Used more than one emotion in his writing piece.

  20. Proficient Rubric

  21. Distinguished Student Work • Scored all 4’s on the Cupcake Rubric.

  22. Distinguished Student Rubric

  23. Reflection • I would like to thank my peer review group, JELLA, for their warm and cool comments. • They helped to reinforce that the activities I used during my lessons motivated the students to enjoy writing! THANKS JELLA!

  24. Additional Pictures

  25. The End!

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