Handwriting sample

Writing Lesson Plan  

Lesson Title: ________________ ______Subject Area: __Writing____

Grade level: _________ (this will be determined by the handwriting sample you select)

Lesson Author: __________________________

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Section 1: Handwriting Analysis: based on the writing sample and rubrics given, describe the student’s strengths based on handwriting and content, also discuss areas of improvement that need to be addressed.

Based on what you have analyzed, check the following for you student sample.

Grade level:________ Reading level:  _____below         _____on              _____above

Tell why you selected this sample and indicate what you think are the student’s areas of strengths and weaknesses prior to this lesson. 

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Section 2  

Skills: 

For this lesson we will focus on higher level writing skills. Remember, students need to develop/ master lower level writing skills as well as higher level writing skills to be competent writers. Some of the skills will overlap. Just identify your focus for this lesson even though you will be supporting many areas. 

__X___    Higher level writing skills- Examples: Using story structure or information text structure, topic/main idea, choosing format/ using templates, advanced editing by adding info/deleting, varying sentence lengths, audience awareness/types of audiences, organizing/creating outlines for writing, *paragraph shrinking

__X___    Lower level writing skills- Examples: forming the letters (handwriting- often in lower grades), spelling, capitalizing, punctuation, monitoring noun/verb, using standard English/grammar, editing

MSCCR: Identify what standards you will be addressing. (ELA Standards- writing standards found at MDE website including embedded skills to be addressed).

Note: Please keep in mind that most MSCCR standards focus on higher level writing skills. If you are focusing on a lower level writing skill, select a standard with the idea that you will ‘unpack’ the standard by showing how this lesson leads to the higher-level writing skill. 

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Lesson objective(s): (Think:1. The audience: The students for whom the objective is intended and 2. The terminal behavior: The anticipated performance)

Ex: Student(s) will be able to….(Plan a paragraph using an organizer, Write a topic sentence, Support a topic sentence with supporting details, Edit, Revise, and Publish a completed paragraph/essay….etc.)…….

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Assessment: Using the MDE MSCCR Writing Rubric, how will you know if student mastered the objectives? Cite specific examples in your annotation. Make sure that you state all the forms of assessment you will use in this week- long lesson plan.

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Materials and Technology:  

 Identify graphics, template, online sources, or other materials used for writing:

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Literature:   Select a passage from a text that you want to use to work on the skills identified from the writing sample. (Remember USM-GC library has a good selection of award-winning children’s books from Newberry, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Pura Belpre lists that may help with addressing diversity.) You may also look at resources from the MDE website for Exemplar readings.

Literature: (give details of the book -title, author, brief summary, etc): ______________________________________________________________________________

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Lesson Introduction: This is your hook/attention getter. What will you do to open the lesson each day? Must use a different opening strategy each day.

Procedures: You must have these 3 steps: (I Do, We Do, & You Do) What will each day look like for the week using these the “DO” strategy. You will use this format below for each day of the week. You will describe what the daily instruction will look like, what skills will be used in this lesson plan?

Provide a  sequence  of how you plan to teach the lesson:

I Do: (here is where you will explicitly teach something/modeling?)

1. Mentor Sentence Practice:

2. Pre-writing Graphic Organizer:

3. Writing Practice:

We Do: (here is where you will have the class do what you just taught with you/guided practice)

1. Mentor Sentence Practice

2. Pre-writing Graphic Organizer:

3. Writing Practice:

You Do: (here is where you will give them time to work independently/ partners to make sure they can do what you just taught them.)

1. Mentor Sentence Practice:

2. Pre-writing Graphic Organizer:

3. Writing Practice:

Lesson Closure: How will you close the lesson each day? How will you know that they were able to comprehend/learn what you presented today? Must use a different closure each day.

Attach to your submission the text using and any other items you have for this lesson.