Your Name
Madison McEvoy
Grade/School
Lesson title
Time of activities
Realistic Fiction
9:30AM
Ms. Guillory
Supervising
Teacher
Gardner Pilot Academy
Writing
Content area
Lesson:
Duration of
Approximately 1
lesson/unit
hour
Unit: 1 month
1. Content Area: I will be teaching my students what realistic fiction is as well as
how to write it. I will break down the writing process into multiple sections so
that my students will be able to understand the concepts of each section.
2. Topic: The students will learn how to write a realistic fiction story. They will
learn the subsets of writing stories in general, as well as important characteristics
of realistic fiction. They will also learn how to identify a realistic fiction story as
opposed to other kinds of fiction stories.
3. Goals: My students should be able to know the difference between internal and
external traits as well as being able to identify whether or not a trait is internal or
external. They should be able to describe the order in which a story is written.
They should understand what the setting of a story is and they should be able to
create a setting for a story. They should be able to take the information learned
about internal and external traits and apply them to characters so that their stories
become more detailed. They should be able to create a problem and the solution
to that problem and apply that to their story. They should also be able to create a
solid ending to their story. They should be able to identify the difference between
fiction and fantasy. Overall, they should be able to write a creative and orderly
realistic fiction story.
4. Objectives:
a. My students will be able to distinguish between fiction and fantasy.
b. My students will be able to apply character traits to their characters in
their stories.
c. My students will be able to identify which section of their story are the
introduction, the climax, and the conclusion.
d. My students will be able to construct a story map as an outline for their
story.
e. My students will be able to differentiate between internal and external
traits.
f. My students will be able to create their own realistic fiction story with the
help of this lesson.
5. Technology, materials, and aids: The technology needed for this lesson includes
one computer and one projector to operate my website
(http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/current/ED101fa09/mmcevoy/). Worksheets
will also be needed for after the lesson concludes. There are 19 students in the
class.
6. Procedures/methods:
a. Overview: My lesson will begin with a presentation of my website
designed specifically for this lesson. I will go over what realistic fiction is
first, which is briefly explained on the Home page of my website. Then I
will explain the difference between internal and external character traits,
which is explained on the Character Traits page of my website. After that,
I will go through the process of story mapping, which is outlined on the
Story Mapping page of my website. Towards the end of my Story
Mapping page I will play sounds that distinguish certain moods and allow
my students to think about how they feel when they listen to the sounds.
Then I will explain the difference between fiction and fantasy, which is
described on the Fiction vs. Fantasy page of my website. During this
section I will play two videos. My students will write down
characteristics of realistic fiction and fantasy that each of the videos
portrays. After this lesson I will go through the quiz while asking certain
students to state their answers.
b. Introduction: First I will ask my students if any of them know what
realistic fiction is and allow a few minutes for their responses. Then I will
give a formal definition of realistic fiction, which is stated on the Home
page of my website.
c. Activities: First we will go through the website starting on the Home
page. Here they will learn what realistic fiction is. Then we will go
through the Character Traits page of my website where the description of
internal and external traits are. The students will choose one internal trait
and one external trait that describes them from the Internal/External Traits
list displayed on the projection board from the website. Then we will
navigate to the Story Mapping page where we will start with the setting.
After a brief description of the setting, my students will write down in
their notebooks a setting of their choice. I have given examples of settings
on the Story Mapping page. Then we will scroll to the characters section
where the students will pick a name for their own character and apply the
internal and external traits learned on the previous page to those
characters. Then we will scroll to the problem and solution sections where
I will briefly explain the roles of the problem and solution in a story. Then
I will give them a few minutes to come up with their own problems and
solutions that they want to use in the stories they will be writing. They
will then share their problem and solution with a partner. After going over
the problem and solution sections, I will scroll to the ending section on the
Story Mapping page. Here the students will learn how to create an ending
to their story. After reviewing the ending section, if there is a lot of time
left, I will scroll all the way down to the bottom of the Story Mapping
page and discuss the mood. I will play a sound of a certain setting and ask
my students to write down how they feel. After the Story Mapping page I
will navigate to the Fiction vs. Fantasy page where we review the
definition of realistic fiction and introduce the concept of fantasy. Here
we will watch two quick videos, one of realistic fiction and one of fantasy.
Before watching the videos, the students will be asked to write down
things they see that are examples of realistic fiction and examples of
fantasy while watching the videos. After this we will have a quick
discussion of their findings. Lastly I will evaluate them on what they have
learned in this lesson on the Quiz page. We will go through each question
as a class with the students raising their hands if they want to answer the
question.
d. Follow-Up: After the lesson I will pass out a few handouts on Character
Traits, Story Mapping, and Fiction vs. Fantasy. They should complete
these handouts for homework over the course of a week. Then they will
begin writing their own story, using the information learned from this
lesson.
7. Curriculum Frameworks:
For Grade 5:
Standard 12: Fiction
Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structure and elements
of fiction and provide evidence from the text to support their
understanding.
Identify the elements of setting, characterization, conflict, and plot structure.
Identify personality traits of characters, and how their thoughts, words, and
actions, reveal their personalities.
Describe how main characters change over time.
8. Technology Frameworks:
a. G3-5: 1.7 Proofread and edit writing using appropriate resources (e.g.,
dictionary, spell-checker, grammar resources).
i. Students can proofread and edit their realistic fiction stories.
b. G3-5: 2.4 Identify ways in which technology is used in the workplace
and in society.
i. Students can share their thoughts on the effectiveness of using my
website for this lesson.
c. G3-5: 3.3 Evaluate Internet resources in terms of their usefulness for
research.
i. Students can evaluate my website as a resource for writing their
realistic fiction stories.
Assessment:
1) Which of the following is an internal trait?
a) Doctor
b) American
c) Curious
2) Which of the following is an external trait?
a) Determined
b) Tall
c) Cheerful
3) Which of the following make up the setting?
a) Time and Place
b) Problem and Solution
c) Ending
4) Which of the following is the correct order of a story map?
a) Climax, Ending, Beginning
b) Beginning Climax, Ending
c) Climax, Beginning, Ending
5) Which of the following is an example of realistic fiction?
a) Yesterday I was riding my bike to school and I got lost. After asking
for directions, I finally found my way.
b) Yesterday I was riding my bike to school and I got lost. A tree told me
that I should make a right at the next stop sign.
c) Yesterday I was riding my bike to school and I got lost. I asked a man for
directions and he waved his magic wand and showed me the way.