Author:
Janae
Subject:
Keyboarding, Elementary English Language Arts
Material Type:
Assessment, Lesson Plan
Level:
Lower Elementary
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  • Lesson Plan
  • License:
    Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
    Language:
    English
    Media Formats:
    Downloadable docs, Text/HTML, Video

    Education Standards

    Digital Storytelling

    Digital Storytelling

    Overview

    This is a lesson plan to teach students to digitize a story they have previously written using sequential words and describing thoughts, feelings, and actions.

    Summary

    This lesson will require 60 minutes of face-to-face instruction. It will teach students to digitze a story using Adobe Spark in correct sequence with thoughts, actions, and feelings.

    It goes along with Second Grade Writing Standard 3: Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

    Background for Teachers

    To teach this lesson, you will need an understanding of how to use and teach Adobe Spark to digitize the short stories your students write.

    Step 1 - Goals and Outcomes

    Learning Intentions:

    • Students will be able to digitize a short story in sequential order with sequential words and using details that describe feelings, actions, and thoughts.

    Success Criteria:

    • Students will create a digital story of the story they have written using sequential and descriptive words.

     

    Step 2 - Planning Instruction

    Student Background Knowledge

    • Prior to this lesson, students will need to have an illustrated short story written in sequential order with thoughts, feelings, and actions.

    Strategies for Diverse Learners

    Students who struggle will be given a template to use when digitizing their story.

    Students who are gifted will be given the challenge of adding more to their story in details or animation.

    Step 3 - Instruction

    At the beginning of this lesson, introduce your students to Adobe Spark by showing them a digital story you have created. It should include a beginning, middle, and end and be narrated by you.

    Have students take out the story they have previously written and illustrated which included sequential words and described thoughts, feelings, and actions. Give them the template provided below to prepare them to narrate their story on Adobe Spark. Show your template that you used to create the video you just showed.

    Give students time to fill in their template. They don't need to recreate their entire picture, just a brief reminder of what picture they will use to put on their digital story. If they need more frames, they can use the back. If students are struggling, guide them through by pointing out their sequential words can start a new frame on the template.

    Bring class together and watch video introducing Adobe Spark.

    Have students get chromebook and begin creating their digital story on Adobe Spark. They can choose to start from scratch or use a template. Pictures should have been scanned or taken with camera and uploaded previously or students may choose to search for pictures on the online library if they would rather. Remind them to use their sequential words and describe the thoughts, feelings, and actions in their story.

    If time, have students share what they created.

    Step 4 - Assessments

    Students will be assessed previous to this lesson to see if their story includes all necessary pieces. It should have a beginning, middle, and end, include at least 3 sequential words, and have at least one adjective for each of the following: thought, feeling, and action.

    During this lesson, students will be questioned while filling out the digital story storyboard to ensure they are understanding how to fill it out. The digital story storyboard will mostly be a template and will not be graded.

    The Adobe Spark story they create will have the following rubric:

    *Includes 3 sequential words (3 points)

    *Adjective for thought (1 point)

    *Adjective for feeling (1 point)

    *Adjective for action (1 point)

    *Story is presented in order (1 point)