Assignment 4 - Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan

3^rd Grade

Dialogue between two animals

Objective:  Students will think about opposing points of view and what each might be thinking.

CCSS:  W.3.3.b Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.

Activity:  Show the class a picture of an animal and its prey (eagle and fish for this lesson).  Have a whole class discussion on what each animal might be thinking.  The students will then write dialogue for each animal.

Assessment:  Students will write dialogue for each animal.

Differentiation –Assistance:

Chose one animal and write what it might be thinking.

Use comic strip sheets with one animal.
Use comic strip sheets with two animals for dialogue writing.
Provide writing prompts.
Student may dictate their work.

Differentiation – Challenge:

The students may write a narrative with dialogue.

Adjustments for other grades:  This is a third grade lesson but can be adapted for other grades.  The differentiation-assistance suggestions could be implemented in the lower grades.  The differentiation-challenge suggestion could be implemented in the higher grades using points of view from a variety of sources (ex. social studies – Native Americans and pilgrims).