Unit 6: Lesson 15
Select Writing for Authors and Actors Performance
Unit 6: Lesson 15
Select Writing for Authors and Actors Performance
LITERACY OBJECTIVE
By the end of this lesson students will be able to identify sections of their personal narratives for performance.
Literacy "I Can" Statements
"I can work with my writing group to select sections from our personal narratives for our performance."
Lesson Overview
Steps | Pacing: 30-60 Minutes |
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5 Minutes | |
Step 3: Read & Discuss Final Drafts in Writing Groups | 20-30 Minutes |
10-15 Minutes |
Standards Alignment
Targeted CCSS
Secondary CCSS
TEACHING RESOURCES
Classroom Charts
A4L Student Notebooks
Student Materials
Life & Learning Skills
Differentiation Options
Leveraging Moments
STEP 1: INTRODUCE PERFORM & INFORM
Process: Review the Unit Overview for Students with students to show them their progress so far. Tell students that in the next series of lessons, they get to work in their writer’s groups to create an Authors and Actors Performance, which they will present to an audience. It’s a fun celebration of their best writing that describes their personal experiences with the writing topics. They will spend time planning, rehearsing, reflecting, refining, and then performing for an audience.
Tell students their performances will look similar to the story endings presentation, but with some fun dramatic twists that will be revealed through the planning and rehearsal process.
Lesson Alternatives: Options for Final Performance
Pairs or Triads with Statues
Publishing Party
STEP 2: INTRODUCE LESSON 15
Process: Give an overview of the lesson objectives. Work with writing groups to select sections from personal narratives that will be used in the performance.
STEP 3: READ & DISCUSS FINAL DRAFTS IN WRITING GROUPS
Process: Students get in their A4L writing groups, which are also their performance groups. Each student reads the final draft of his or her personal narrative. After each student reads, the group engages in discussion about which part they might use for the performance. The text selection should be one to four sentences. Sentences must be sequential so that the group can create dramatic statues to match the writing. The author makes the decision in the next step, after the group has a conversation using the following discussion points.
ELL Support: Focusing on Discussions
Suggested Dialogue
Reflecting on Discussion Points
STEP 4: SELECT WRITING SECTIONS FOR PERFORMANCE
Process: Each author selects a section of text from his or her personal narrative for the performance. The text selection can be one to four sentences and must be presented sequentially, matching the dramatic statues. Authors highlight, circle, or underline their sections, and then share their sections with the group.
The group decides the order of each author’s section for their performance.
Teaching Tip: The Script
STEP 5: CLOSE LESSON 15
Process: Close the lesson with a look forward and an optional closing ritual.
Suggested Dialogue
Looking Forward
Performing the Closing Ritual (Optional)
CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING LESSON 15! YOU ARE NOW READY TO MOVE ONTO LESSON 16 OF UNIT 6.
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