Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
“Memory Montage Magazine”
n PROGRAM OVERVIEW “Memory Montage Magazine” is
a program that was designed to make writing real and relevant for students, as well as enjoyable. “Memory Montage Magazine” incorporates the ideas of journaling and scrapbooking and results in a book of memories for students.
Memory Montage Magazine makes use of different activities throughout the year that are school sponsored, grade level sponsored or in class activities. Memory Montage Magazine was not designed to be more work on the teacher, but instead to use the activities already occurring throughout the school year as a basis for meaningful teachable moments in terms of writing.
Students are given a picture (taken by the teacher and printed from local store or home) from a recent activity and then the students are asked to either summarize the events or write a story about the day that the picture was taken. For example, our school hosts a Halloween parade on which I always take pictures. Students would be provided with the picture from that day and then asked to journal about that day. Students are also given scrapbook paper and materials so that they may make their writing a work of art. Student work is kept neatly in a folder makes a great end of the year gift to the students.
For further information contact…
Sheena HaysZolfo Springs Elementary
3215 Schoolhouse Rd.
Zolfo Springs, FL 33890
863-735-1221
2012 - 2013 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe
Zolfo Springs Elementary is a Title 1 school with approximately 75% of students from a non-English speaking background, while roughly 80% of students receive free or reduced lunch. The program was used in a fourth grade classroom, but it is easily adaptable and beneficial for any grade.
n OVERALL VALUE The overall value of this program is
that it provides students with opportunities to incorporate the happenings of their school life into their writing, making writing a more enjoyable subject. Students begin to see writing as a way to express themselves in a realistic way, therefore adding meaning to writing itself. Students are motivated to write summaries describing the events that have happened to them.
This program helps to instill an enjoyment for writing within students that typically burns out.
n LESSON PLAN TITLES1. Introducing the “Memory Montage
Magazine”
2. Making the Magazine Article
3. Making the Magazine Page
n MATERIALS Materials for each lesson are included
within the lesson plans. Overall materials are included in the Materials Budget, along with pricing and vendors.
n ABOUT THE DEVELOPER Sheena Hays has taught fourth
grade for two years. She has a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from the University of South Florida.
She currently teaches fourth grade at Zolfo Springs Elementary.
H H H
~ A Returning Developer ~
“Memory Montage Magazine” Sheena HaysLesson Plan No 1: Introducing the “Memory Montage Magazine”
n SUBJECTS COVEREDLanguage Arts, Writing
n GRADESFourth
n OBJECTIVE• Students will summarize events from
pictures.
n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS
LA.4.3.1.2: The student will prewrite by determining the purpose (e.g., to entertain, to inform, to communicate, to persuade) and the intended audience of a writing piece
LA.4.4.2.1: The student will write in a variety of informational/expository forms (e.g., summaries, procedures, recipes, instructions, graphs/tables, exper iments, rubr ics, how-to manuals)
LA.4.4.2.2: The student will record information (e.g., observations, notes, lists, charts, map labels, legends) related to a topic, including visual aids as appropriate
LA.4.3.5.3: The student will share the writing with the intended audience.
n MATERIALS1. Notebook Paper
2. Pencil
3. Pictures (Provided by teacher)
n DIRECTIONS 1. Explain to students that they will be
learning how to follow the steps of a new project. On this day students will be shown what is expected of them and will be able to practice in a group before they are independently held accountable for their own project.
2. Have a picture of yourself to show to the students. For example, I would show my students a picture of a previous year’s field trip.
3. Explain to students that later on they will be given a picture of themselves to write about. Their task is to summarize the events that occurred the day that the picture was taken.
4. Refer back to the picture of yourself (teacher) and describe verbally to students what happened that day.
5. Remind students that when you write a summary you only want to include the very important details, or the ones that stood out the most. Then choose the important details and write a summary of the events on a half sheet of paper.
6. Once the example has been completed, break students into groups of 4. Provide each group with a sheet of paper, pencil, and a picture (a great picture would be a class photo from the first day of school)
7. Remind students that a summary lists the important details that occurred that day. Have students in a group write a summary of the events of the first day of school.
8. A l l o w 1 5 - 2 0 m i n u t e s f o r completions.
9. Have the groups share their summaries aloud. Praise students/groups that have accomplished the task. Correct /Clarify any misunderstandings that might be evident as students share their summaries.
10. Keep one group’s summary to use for an editing lesson/review for Lesson 2.
n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT See attached rubric for evaluation
and assessment information.
H H H
2012 - 2013 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe
n SUBJECTS COVEREDLanguage Arts, Writing
n GRADESFourth
n OBJECTIVE• Students will summarize events from
a picture. Students will peer edit their event summaries.
n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS
LA.4.3.1.2: The student will prewrite by determining the purpose (e.g., to entertain, to inform, to communicate, to persuade) and the intended audience of a writing piece
LA.4.4.2.1: The student will write in a variety of informational/expository forms (e.g., summaries, procedures, recipes, instructions, graphs/tables, exper iments, rubr ics, how-to manuals)
LA.4.4.2.2: The student will record information (e.g., observations, notes, lists, charts, map labels, legends) related to a topic, including visual aids as appropriate
LA.4.3.5.3: The student will share the writing with the intended audience.
LA.4.3.5.2: The student will use elements of spacing and design to enhance the appearance of the document and add graphics where appropriate.
LA.4.3.4.6: The student will edit for correct use of end punctuation for declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
LA.4.3.4.5: The student will edit for correct use of subject/verb and noun/pronoun agreement in simple and compound sentences
LA.4.3.4.3: The student will edit for correct use of punctuation, including end punctuation, apostrophes, commas, colons, quotation marks in dialogue, and apostrophes in singular possessives;
LA.4.3.4.2: The student will edit for correct use of capitalization for proper nouns, including titles used with someone’s name, initials, and words used as names (e.g., Uncle Jim, Mom, Dad, Jr.);
LA.4.3.4.1: The student will edit for correct use of spelling, using spelling rules, orthographic patterns, and generalizations (e.g., r-controlled, diphthongs, consonant digraphs, vowel digraphs, silent e, plural for words ending in y, doubling final consonant, i before e, irregular plurals, CVC words, CCVC words, CVCC words, affixes) and using a dictionary, thesaurus, or other resources as necessary.
n MATERIALS1. Paper
2. Pencil
3. Picture (Provided by teacher – one for each student)
4. Previous Lesson’s Example
5. Colored pens
6. Previous Lesson Group Example.
“Memory Montage Magazine” Sheena HaysLesson Plan No 2: Making the Magazine Article
n DIRECTIONS 1. Review with students the projects
expectations and requirements. Display the example from the previous day’s lesson so that students may refer back to it.
2. Give each student their own picture. (I use pictures from field trips, award days, classroom activities, etc.)
3. Allow student 15-20 minutes to brainstorm and write a summary of the day the photograph was taken.
4. Next, explain to the students that their next task will be to edit a classmate’s summary. Review editing skills.
5. Use the saved summary from previous lesson to show the expectations of editing. Using the shuttle pen edit the summary. Encourage students to participate asking questions such as, “Do you see any missing capital letters?” “Did the person use the right punctuation?” “Are there misspelled words?” (Students may use a dictionary/thesaurus if needed)
6. Divide students into pairs. Give each group one shuttle pen. Have students switch papers, letting the partners read aloud the summaries. Students should work together to edit one another papers.
7. Allow roughly 10 minutes for students to edit. Keep the papers. Drafting will be in the next lesson. Keep students papers for next lesson.
n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT See the attached rubric for evaluation
and assessment information.
H H H
2012 - 2013 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe
“Memory Montage Magazine” Sheena HaysLesson Plan No 3: Making the Magazine Page
n DIRECTIONS 1. Set up a table so that the craft
mater ia ls (scrapbook paper, stickers, etc.) are easily accessible to students.
2. Explain to students that they will be creating their “Magazine Page.” Show students a teacher-made example of what the finished product should look like. The page should include the written summary, along with the picture that the student based the summary upon.
3. Explain to students that their first task is to write a neat draft of their picture summary (taking notice of the editing marks from the previous day’s work)
4. Establish clear “rules” of how students may access the craft materials. I allow two students at a time to approach the craft table. Students must pick out a scrapbook page as the background, and then they may pick out a few items from
the table to decorate their page. (Limit students to the number so that items may be shared around the room, instead of decorating only a few people’s pages.
5. Save student’s work in a folder. At the end of the year, bind the student created pages together and the students will have a lasting memory book from the year.
n EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT See attached rubric for evaluation
and assessment information.
H H H
n SUBJECTS COVEREDLanguage Arts, Writing
n GRADESFourth
n OBJECTIVE• Students will publish their Magazine
article (picture summary).
n SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS
LA.4.3.2.1: The student will draf t writing by using a prewriting plan to focus on the main idea with ample development of supporting details that shows an understanding of facts and/or opinions
LA.4.3.2.2: The student will draft writing by organizing information into a logical sequence and combining or deleting sentences to enhance clarity
LA.4.3.5.2: The student will use elements of spacing and design to enhance the appearance of the document and add graphics where appropriate
n MATERIALS1. Scrapbook Paper
2. Notebook Paper
3. Colored Pens
4. Stickers
5. Glue
6. Pictures
7. Pre-made teacher example (should look like a scrapbook page)
2012 - 2013 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe
Materials Budget SuPPLIer IteM DeScrIPtIoN coSt QuANtIty totAL coSt
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Teacher’s Name __________________________________
School: _________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
Subtotal
tax if applicable
Shipping if applicable
totALBuDGetAMouNt
“Memory Montage Magazine” Sheena HaysLesson Plans Materials Budget
Oriental Tradingwww.orientaltrading.com Mini-Neon Shuttle Pens $8.50 2 $17.00
3 lb. Scrap Paper $10.00 1 $10.00
Boyz Paper Kit $7.00 2 $14.00
100 Sheet Rainbow Paper Pack $16.00 2 $32.00
Christmas Flower Flat Brads $6.00 1 $6.00
Colorful Fall Turkey Shapes $4.00 1 $4.00
96 Pc. Month & Season Embellishment Box $14.99 1 $14.99
340 Pc. Halloween Embellishment Kit $12.75 1 $12.75
2248 Foam Adhesive Squares $5.25 3 $15.75
2 Layered Flower Punches $21.00 1 $21.00
Snowflake Punch & Emboss Set $19.00 1 $19.00
Halloween Punch And Emboss Set $15.00 1 $15.00
American Crafts™ Glitter Gem Marker Set $20.00 1 $20.00
Sheena HaysZolfo Springs Elementary
$201.49
N/A
FREE*
$200.34
2012 - 2013 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe
* Free shipping with purchases over $49. Must have code.
2012 - 2013 Idea Catalog of exCellenCe
“Memory Montage Magazine” Sheena HaysRubric
Story Writing : Memory Montage Magazine
Teacher Name: ________________________________________
Student Name: ________________________________________
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Neatness The final draft of the
story is readable,
clean, neat and
attractive. It is free of
erasures and crossed-
out words. It looks
like the author took
great pride in it.
The final draft of the
story is readable, neat
and attractive. It may
have one or two
erasures, but they are
not distracting. It looks
like the author took
some pride in it.
The final draft of the
story is readable and
some of the pages are
attractive. It looks like
parts of it might have
been done in a hurry.
The final draft is
not neat or
attractive. It looks
like the student
just wanted to get
it done and didn't
care what it
looked like.
Focus on
Assigned
Topic
The entire story is
related to the assigned
topic and allows the
reader to understand
much more about the
topic.
Most of the story is
related to the assigned
topic. The story wanders
off at one point, but the
reader can still learn
something about the
topic.
Some of the story is
related to the assigned
topic, but a reader does
not learn much about
the topic.
No attempt has
been made to
relate the story to
the assigned
topic.
Spelling and
Punctuation
There are no spelling
or punctuation errors
in the final draft.
Character and place
names that the author
invented are spelled
consistently
throughout.
There is one spelling or
punctuation error in the
final draft.
There are 2-3 spelling
and punctuation errors
in the final draft.
The final draft has
more than 3
spelling and
punctuation
errors.
Organization The story is very well
organized. One idea
or scene follows
another in a logical
sequence with clear
transitions.
The story is pretty well
organized. One idea or
scene may seem out of
place. Clear transitions
are used.
The story is a little hard
to follow. The
transitions are
sometimes not clear.
Ideas and scenes
seem to be
randomly
arranged.
