Storyboard Technology Lesson

I. RATIONALE:

The reason for teaching this lesson is to integrate technology into the writing curriculum for second grade.

Standard:

Write narratives in which they recount a well‐ elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure. (2.W.3)

II. OVERVIEW

Grade Level: 2nd

Subject(s): ELA

Topic of Study: Story Writing

Time Allotment: 10 – 30 minute lesson blocks

Block 1 – Paper and pencil brainstorming and brainstorming with a partner

Block 2 – Kidspiration planning basic

Block 3 – Kidspiration planning more details

Block 4 – Story writing

Block 5 – Story writing

Block 6 – Story writing

Block 7 – Story editing/typing

Block 8 – Story editing/typing

Block 9 – Story illustrating

Block 10 – Story wrap up

Standards: Write narratives in which they recount a well‐ elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure. (2.W.3)

Objectives: I want students to be able to know the components of a story and be able to use those components to create a story and use a combination of technology and creativity to make a product that they can be proud of.

III. IMPLEMENTATION

Procedure:

1.    Teacher will read students a few children’s books, pointing out the different components of the story along the way.

2.    Students will brainstorm ideas on paper for a story that they would want to create.

3.    Students will discuss their ideas with a partner, fleshing out more of the details in the process.

4.    Using Kidspiration, students will use the story mapping capabilities to create a storyboard with the basic components of their stories in a graphic outline form.

5.    Teacher will sit with each student and conference while the others are in their planning stages

6.    Students will then use their detailed Kidspiration storyboards to write their stories, including the components of a title page, dedication page, beginning, middle and end.

7.    Teacher and aides will edit students writing.

8.    After papers have been edited, students will use the tool Storybird to begin to type their stories.

9.    Students will use the illustrations available to them in Storybird to illustrate their stories

10. Students will publish their books and will present them at an open house for families and friends to appreciate their work as a community.

Technology Integration:

Students and teachers will use the tools of Kidspiration and Storybird to enrich this lesson.

Differentiated Instruction: Describe how you will differentiate the instruction for each of the following:

• Cognitive delay - I would use a different technology like Pixie that is more friendly to students with non-reading cognitive delay.
• Gifted – Due to the nature of this assignment, gifted students can challenge themselves as much as they want to and they have the freedom to use their creativity to create whatever product their imagination can
• ELL – For students who are learning English, context is one of the most important tools for learning. For those students, I would encourage them to write their stories with however much detail they feel comfortable with, making sure to really embed their vocabulary and ideas in context.

IV. ASSESSMENT

Procedure:

For assessment I would create a checklist that I can use to assess whether the students have included all of the components of a story in their Storybird finished product. Success on this assignment will be based on whether the components are included, not based on the content.

Instruments:

The checklist will look like this:

• Title and Cover Page
• Dedication Page
• Beginning
• Middle
• End
• Illustrations
• Typing
• Temporal Words
• Use of Kidspiration
• Use of Storybird

IIV. MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

In this section include any examples you have created for the students, resources (software, web links, books, crafting items, etc.) and other necessary items

• Children's book for modeling an example of a story
• Paper and pencils for brainstorming
• Kidspiration for story mapping
• Storybird account for creating the finished product
• Computers with keyboards for using Storybird
• Parent and Aide involvement to help with the creation of the final product
• Use of a community space for a presentation night