The document summarizes a lesson plan for a 3rd grade class about literary elements. It will focus on plot over the course of a week through class discussions, read-alouds, videos, and online activities. Students will learn about plot by reviewing an elements poster, reading a book, completing a worksheet in groups, and posting a book choice for a read-aloud online. The teacher will use various media like an elements poster, read-aloud book, and instructional video. Equipment like computers and an Elmo projector will need to be prepared. Students will be engaged through discussions, group work, and an online homework assignment requiring participation. The teacher will evaluate the lesson based on student understanding and feedback on what

1. Shelby Bollner Day Two 6/4/13
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The students in my class will be completing a week long unit plan about the five literary
elements which are character, plot, setting, style, and theme. It is a 3rd
grade class and is about
even in the ratio of boys to girls at 12 boys and 10 girls. Culture wise, the students are similar as
the school is not located in a very culturally diverse area though some have Hispanic roots. All of
the class speaks English, though for some it was not their first language, which makes the mode
of communication much easier. The class doesn’t vary in age, so each should be taught on the
same level, with the exception of a few that lag behind.
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Students will describe what the literary elements are with a focus on the literary element of plot
and why they are significant by having a review of the class literary element poster, and a read-
aloud of a book pertaining to the literary element of plot. The students will complete a post-
reading activity about plot by writing out five different things that happened in the sequence of
the plot during the read-aloud. Students will then watch a YouTube video about how to conduct
a read-aloud, which will pertain to the homework assignment of posting to the FaceBook class
page “MissBollners3rdgradeclass” what book they will do a read-aloud on about plot. The
students will Students will be able to describe the literary element of character with 100%
accuracy by the end of the unit.
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There will be a couple different methods being used. First, the short review will be going on as
students sit at their desks and simply listen and can participate in review of the class element
poster. The second method will be listening to the read-aloud of the book “There Was an Old
Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” which demonstrates a building plot. Activities following this will
be students getting into groups where they will receive of a piece of paper and collaborate on
five things that happened in order during the sequence of the read-aloud. Lastly, the students will
be asked to return to their seats where they will be told that they will be preforming a read-aloud

2. in front of class about plot and that they will get to choose a story of their own preference. The
students will then watch the teacher-made YouTube video about how to conduct a read-aloud for
the class. This video will be on the FaceBook class page “MissBollners3rdgradeclass” where the
students can go home to rewatch if necessary and they will post the book they want to do on the
page. The media used for this class will be a combination of audio, visual (as in computers and
multimedia), still images (the poster), text, and Elmo use because of the class poster review, the
read-aloud, the YouTube video about how to conduct a read-aloud, and the homework FaceBook
assignment. The materials used will be the poster made by the teacher, the video made by the
teacher, and the text purchased by the teacher.
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The audio and visual media used will be the review of the class literary element poster and
theYouTube video about how to conduct a read-aloud being played from the class YouTube
channel while the students are at their desks. So there will need to be an already correctly set up
the computer so that the YouTube video is up and has been tested and made sure it works with
the internet connection and that it will come up smoothly and play without glitches. There will
also be will be a need to make sure that the class literary poster is in a visible place in the
classroom where all students can see it. For the read-aloud, I will need to make sure that the
Elmo is set up so that the book can be viewed from the front of the classroom so no students will
have to strain to see. I will have already practiced this read-aloud many times to assure that I will
go through it smoothly and that I already know what I want to say and mention about the literary
element of character. The paper for the post reading activity will be supplied by me and the
students will have an allotted time to finish this posting reading activity. To ensure this group
activity goes smoothly I will have already selected which students will be in what group and will
have moved the desks accordingly. Lastly, the students will need to post what book they will
choose for their read-aloud to the class FaceBook page “MissBollners3rdgradeclass” and I will
make sure that each student has their FaceBook account that has been previously made for other
homework assignments before this unit.
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The learner participation in this class will have to be great. The students will often be in class
discussions and in groups, like when going over the literary element class poster when there will
be opportunity to discuss each element and have students ask questions and when students will
be divided into groups for the post-reading activity. The FaceBook homework assignment also

3. requires learner participation with them posting actively on FaceBook. So the students will have
many opportunities to discuss what they think about the activities, what they felt about the
activities, if they liked them.
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For evaluating my lesson plan, I will take what the students liked best and what they didn’t enjoy
about the lesson. I will evaluate how much the students knew about the literary element of
character after the lesson and see how much they retained. I will consider what went smoothly
and what parts of the lesson need to be practiced and worked on to make sure there are less
interruptions and to make sure each activity flows from one to the other. I will also consider what
other technologies I implement into this lesson plan.