Tuesday
Objectives:
The students will demonstrate their understanding of the story,
“Wayside School is Falling Down”, Chap. 17 “What.”
Students will be able to demonstrate their interpretation of the story
“Wayside School is Falling Down,” Chap. 17 “What.”
Materials:
“Wayside School is Falling Down.” Chap 17, “What”
Discussion questions
Chalkboard and chalk
Stories written by students
Activities:
1. Students will hand in discussion questions.
2. As a class, we will answer #7 of the discussion worksheet, “List
the main events of the story.” We will do this on the chalkboard,
having a different student coming forward to write each event on
the board in order. (15 minutes) Read aloud to the class and make
sure everyone agrees with final summary written on the board.
3. We will finalize the discussion of the story by answering the rest
of the questions from the worksheet as a class. Teacher
led/students answering questions (5 minutes).
4. Teacher will hand out previously written stories by students from
last week.
5. The students will have the rest of the class period to rewrite their
story backwards. The students are able to revise their story to
make it fit this rubric.
6. Hand out short stories and vocabulary worksheet for the
assignment.
Evaluation:
The students will complete the discussion questions for “Wayside
School is Falling Down,” Chap. 17. These will be turned in at the
beginning of class.
The students will participate in the class activity of writing the events
of the story on the board.
The students will use their previously written stories and create their
own backwards story. The students will hand in the original story
and the revision for credit points.
Assignment:
For Wednesday, the students will read a group of short stories in a
handout: “Reuinon,” “Erring Dirty Laundry,” “Perfect Opening Line,” and
“Escape Claws.” The students will complete the vocabulary worksheet.