Mailloux,+Sara

**Lesson:** Story Blogging Students will collaborate with their groups to create a story out of blog posts and comments. Students will read other group members’ sentences to further develop their stories. Story map graphic organizer, group blogs, blog/comment rubric, presentation rubric 2- 45 minute class periods  I will initiate the lesson with a review discussion about student blogs. Students will participate by sharing their reminders of how to create new posts and leave comments on their group member’s posts. I will also demonstrate these actions as students give me directions with the Smart Board.  Today, we are going to work in our small groups to create a story using our blogs. We will be sure to include all the elements of a story with the help of our graphic organizers. Groups will use blog posts and comments to develop their stories. Groups will also present their stories for the rest of the class.  I will begin the lesson with a review of story elements. The students will address main characters, supporting characters, setting, problem, and solution. Students will receive a graphic organizer of a story map that they will use to work together in their small groups.  I will give a quick overview of what is expected from the activity. I will also demonstrate the way students should create a post to their blog. Students will be allowed to come to the computer and demonstrate for the class how to comment on a blog.  Students will meet in their small groups to work on their story maps. First, students will collaborate together to identify the characters and setting. Once these elements have been agreed upon they will create an introductory paragraph on their group blog together. After the paragraph is posted they will no longer be able to talk aloud with their group to discuss the story. Each student will then take turns posting a comment on the blog with the next sentence. They may only post one sentence at a time. The next person to post must build on the previous information to build on the story. They must post as many times as it takes to create a problem for the characters and find a solution.  Once the stories have come to a conclusion students must finish completing their story maps as a group. They will hold a group discussion of how they got their ideas and what they were thinking while posting. They will be asked to create a new blog post combining and editing all their comments together to create one final story.  Throughout the lesson I will be making formative assessments. I will monitor student’s progress as they work silently on their blog comments. I will also judge students ability to work off of each other’s creativity by the comments they leave. Students will present their stories and will be graded based on a rubric for the assignment. Groups will elect one member to read the introductory paragraph. Then each member will take turns reading their own sentences in the order of the story. This will allow all groups to understand how their stories came together and how each sentence relates to the others.
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