"Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad"
Sample Lesson Plan
Step 6: Group Projects:Publishing
Target Objectives
- Children learn ways to publish their work, both as traditional books and
on the Internet.
Student Activities
- Publish children's final projects.
Electronic Resources
- Publishing opportunities: Original stories and poems will be published
on the children's web site English
On-line Writers' Window. Nonfiction pieces about frogs and toads will
be posted as a collection (an "ezine") on Kids
on the Net.
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Final projects will also be published as classroom anthologies using desktop
publishing software (e.g., Easy Book).
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Non-fiction groups can use Kid Pix Deluxe to create an electronic
slide show presentation about frogs and toads.
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All children's projects and illustrations will be posted on the school's
web site.
Assessment
- Assess children's final compositions using the writing rubric developed
by the North West Regional Education Laboratory at: http://www.nwrel.org/eval/writing/Primary.pdf
- Add children's final work to their portfolios, and compare to their initial
brainstorming session and previous drafts to assess their overall progress.
Impact of Technology: In what ways (if any) will technology enhance students'
learning experiences in these activities?
- Children will publish their projects in a variety of electronic formats
so they can reach a broad audience (the school community, as well as people
around the world who visit web sites such as English On-line Writers' Window
and Kids on the Net). Because children will feel proud of their accomplishments,
I will encourage people in the school community, including parents, to view
their work and offer feedback. The web sites English On-line Writers' Window
and Kids on the Net also invite feedback on children's writing. These exchanges
will help foster the idea that children are, in fact, real writers who are
connected with a wide audience.
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