Writer's Workshop Lesson Plan

Title of Activity: Writing A Folktale

Reference Section:
Scholastic Inc. (2006-1996). Folktale Writer’s Workshop with Alma Flor Ada and Rafe Martin. Retrieved Sept. 30, 2006, from http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folktalewshop_index.htm

Grade Level: 4

Subject: Language Arts

Brief Description of Activity:
Students will go to the website and work through the writer’s workshop. The address they will go to is http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folktalewshop_index.htm. They will work through the 4 steps of, 1. listening to the authors each tell one of their own folktales, 2. brainstorming, 3. writing their own folktale, and then 4. publishing it online. When they have completed each step the students will earn a certificate of achievement signed by Alma Flor Ada.

General Learner Outcome:
• Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print, and other media texts.


Specific Learner Outcomes:
• The student will be able to list the elements of a folktale.
• TSWBAT write a folktale

ICT Outcomes:
C.1.2.1. access and retrieve appropriate information from the Internet by using a specific search path or from given uniform resource locations (URLs)
F.1.2.1. apply terminology appropriate to the technologies being used at this division level
P.6.2.1. select and use the technology appropriate to a given communication situation

Rationale for Computer Integration:
Computers have been integrated into this assignment to allow students to work at their own paces, and to allow them to work with two real authors. They are motivated by the exciting prospect of having their folktales published online, and receiving a certificate signed by the author. Hopefully, the students will be motivated to do their best work. They also get to hear a folktale online, read by it’s author, which makes it more personal.