Latvia Lesson Plan

Title: Creative writting

Subject: Native language (Latvian)

Age: 8

Teacher’s name: Anita Krigere

Country: Latvia

Objectives

Promote students’ creative self-expression by linking it to the upcoming Candle Day. Improve students’ knowledge about Candle Day. Develop students’ skills to use search engine. Students will develop: • Information searching skills • Develop reading skills • Problem solving skills • Social skills • Communicative skills Students will utilize: • Instructions • Pen, tablet • Poem “Candle ball” by Ojars Vacietis • White sheet of paper Students will practice: • Skills related to searching, reading and analyzing information • Evaluate classmates’ work • Capability in solving problems and giving responses • Creative and critical thought to continue text written by classmate • The skills of cooperation Students will identify: • Information in the text • Information of the previous writer and respond creatively to text written by previous student • The rules for the cooperation

Materials and equipment

Whiteboard, 30 tablets, A4 paper, pens, pencils.

Procedure Step 1:

At the beginning of the lesson, the teacher informs the pupils about what they

will do during the lesson. Teacher asks questions: "Do you know what month follows January?" "Do you know how February is called?" The teacher tells that February is called the month of candles, the ancient Latvians celebrated the Candle Day on February 2.

Step 2:

Students are asked to find the poem “Candle ball” in the Internet by using search engine and read the poem http://www.zvaigzne.lv/upload/0624_literatura-6kl.pdf Students are asked to find question sentences in the poem and answer these questions.

Step 3:

The teacher informs students that they will play the role of writer this lesson. The teacher randomly divides students into 5 groups, 5 pupils in each group. Criteria are written on the board, according to which each group has to write their own fairy tale "Candle Ball".

Step 4:

Students agree among themselves who will be the writer No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4, No.5. Writer No.1 writes 1 min, no.2 -1.5 min, no.3 - 2.5 min, no.4 - 3.5 min, no.5 -4.5 min The fairy tale is ready when all 5 "writers" have written their part. When a fairy tale is written, each group reads it.

Step 5:

The teacher informs that the fairy tale should now be illustrated. Each student in the group has 1 minit to draw illustration.

Evaluation

Teacher's observations. The teacher observes the pupils' information searching skills. The teacher observes the pupils' cooperation skills. Is communication focused on others? Is the communication successful? Student selfevaluation. Did I feel good? Did I manage to cooperate? Was the paragraph created by me interesting? Mutual evaluation. The teacher invites students of each group to present their performance. Listen to others and check if all the criteria are completed.