A Day in The Life (Grade 6)

Title of Project: A Day in The Life (Grade 6)

When is a time in your life when you learned a valuable lesson?

Schools and Teachers

Wantagh Middle School Teacher: Justine Hernandez Co-Teachers: Sharon Pilo, Antoinette Bruno

ENL Proficiency Level | ENL Program | Standards | Technology

Commanding | Integrated ENL/ELA | 6W3b, 6W3d, 6W3e, 6L3a | Book Creator

Assessments

Students’ work is scanned for each requirement throughout the writing process. Students color code their font to ensure they are including sufficient instances of all necessary elements. Students check their work against a checklist.

Description

The students used Book Creator to create a memoir in the form of a digital storybook of a time in their lives where they learned a valuable lesson. Students’ work will be presented to ENL K-12 teachers, students, and their families.

Content

I can use narrative techniques, such as dialogue and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

I can provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.

Language

I can vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.

I can use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.

Technology

I can use Book Creator to create a digital memoir.

Student work

Student memoir about being over confident

Procedure

The student used Book Creator to create a memoir in the form of a digital storybook. Students generated ideas by comparing their lives to characters from a text previously read in class. They then selected small moments by identifying which idea they could write the most about. Next, they drafted their memoirs to get as much detail into writing as possible. Then, students revised their drafts focusing on word choice and adding figurative or descriptive language and dialogue. Finally, students edited their memoirs for spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Resources and Other Materials

Book Creator

Reflection

I would find more opportunities for small-group conferencing. I would create a more concrete schedule of conferencing with students so they and the teachers could look more deeply and thoroughly at individual work.

Page updated

Report abuse