Audio Lesson Plan

Storytelling Lesson Plan Introduction: •

Storytelling

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Length of lesson: 20 minutes, plus time for students to record their parts of the story using Garage Band

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Standards of Learning ○ 2.1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of oral language structure. a) Create oral stories to share with others. b) Create and participate in oral dramatic activities. ○ 2.3 The student will use oral communication skills. a) Use oral language for different purposes: to inform, to persuade, and to entertain. b) Share stories or information orally with an audience. c) Participate as a contributor and leader in a group.

Learning Objectives: Students will: •

Create a story by collaborating with classmates.

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Record their story ideas using Garage Band.

Teaching and Learning Sequence: Introduction •

Gather students on the rug.

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Tell students that we will be learning about storytelling today.

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Ask students where they think stories come from.

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Tell students that we will be reading The Storytelling Princess.

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Read book.

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Ask students what made the princess’ story so good.

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Ask students what some of their favorite stories are and what makes them good.

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Tell students that we will be making our own story as a class using the computer.

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Tell students that in order to make our class story, we will take turns recording small parts of the story.

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Remind students that a good story is descriptive, uses interesting vocabulary, and can be humorous.

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Tell students to go back to their desks.

Lesson Development •

Tell students that when it is their turn to record their portion of the class story they will: ○ Sit down at the computer. ○

Put the headphones on.

○ Press ‘play’ to listen to what their classmates have recorded thus far. ○ Think of two to three sentences worth of the story that they would like to add. ○ Press the red ‘record’ button to record themselves telling their portion of the story. ○ Press the spacebar to stop recording when they have finished. •

The teacher will go to the compute after each child records to set the story back to the beginning for the next child to listen to.

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Tell students that they may choose a sentence strip to finish if they are having a difficult time thinking of something to add to the story.

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During center time, call students individually to the computer to record their portion of the class story.

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Each student will have a chance to record a part of the story.

Lesson Closure •

Once each student has recorded a part of the story, we will listen to the whole story and discuss it.

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Play the recorded story. ○ Ask students if it was difficult to think of something to add to the story. ○ Ask students if the story turned out the way they thought it would. ○ Ask students if they would have liked the story more if it had ended differently. ○ Ask students if they think the class story was good. ○ Ask students if they think it would be easier to tell a story alone or with the help of their classmates.

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Tell students that they will be given a CD copy of the class story to keep.

Homework: •

None

Assessment Formative: Observe each child as they record their portion of the class story. Look for each child to be: •

Listening to the previous students’ portions of the story in order to logically continue the story.

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Utilizing sentence strips to aid creativity if needed.

Summative: Review each child’s portion of the class story. Listen for each child to have: •

Continued the story in a logical manner, according to what previous classmates recorded.

References: Commonwealth of Virginia. English Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework: Grade 2. Board of Education 2003. Pages 2 and 4.

Content Organizer Curriculum Framework Essential Understandings • • •

All students should participate in group activities by creating oral stories using complex sentences and appropriate verb tenses. All students should understand that oral communication can be used for a variety of purposes. All students should participate in group activities by sharing stories and information.

Materials and Lesson Preparation Materials: • • • •

Computer Headphones Sentence strips The Storytelling Princess by Rafe Martin

Lesson Preparation: • •

Pull up garage band on computer so it is ready for students to begin recording. Create sentence strips.

Content Information and Vocabulary • Stories have a beginning, middle, and end. • It is important to speak clearly when telling a story. • Ideas should be organized and clear. Vocabulary: • Storyteller: one who tells or writes stories. • Record: to copy (sounds or images) for mechanical or electronic reproduction. Connections – Cross-Curricular and Real-World Cross Curricular Connections: • Sequencing • Working with others • Technology integration • Following directions Real World Connections: •

It is important for us to know how to relay information to others in our everyday lives. Being able to tell a good story is helpful when describing events to other people. Storytelling is also a great form of entertainment.

Differentiated Instruction Organizer

Lesson Components

Instructional Method Originally Planned

Alternate Method(s) to

Alternate Method(s) to

Assist Students

Challenge Students

Major Concepts

Vocabulary Terms

Storytelling

Presented in the introduction of lesson.

Activities

Record a class story using garage band.

Assessments

Observe students as they listen and record.

Provide sentence strips to help students create their portion of the story.

Listen to students’ recordings.

Sentence Strips They were very scared and started running to…

After that, he/she decided to…

Provide additional opportunities for students to record their own stories.

It was really fun when…

Thankfully, we escaped just before…

The ___________ was delicious! We were hungry because…

When they left, they went…

Suddenly, ___________ jumped out…

It was really funny when…

There was just enough money to buy…

They were so happy they started singing…

We found…