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ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CONVENTIONS UNIT

By Alissa Gatewood

A staffpresentation


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PLANNING MATERIALS

Open Court Reading Program

Teachers Manual

Language Arts handbookChallenge Workbooks

Created Worksheets


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PACING

Due to the assignment in TE 802 andaccording to the Open Court ReadingProgram pacing guide, the unit was 2 weeks. 1 week was spent on quotation marks

1 week was spent on commas in a series

Was pacing acceptable?The pacing worked well with what I had planned,

but for mastery of these topics, I would suggestand will spend more time on each topic in thefuture. A time period that I think would bebeneficial is 2 weeks per topic as well ascontinual review throughout the year.


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UNIT OBJECTIVES-QUOTATIONMARKS

Broad Goal: I can use quotation marks to make mywriting more interesting and life-like.

Specific Lesson Objectives: Students will find quotation marks in the story of the week to display

that they know what quotations look like.

Students will discuss how quotation marks add interest and reality toa story in group configurations and share their ideas with the class.

Students will write a dialogue using an attached rubric to display theirability to use quotation marks in a story.

Students will display beginning knowledge of the placement ofquotation marks and punctuation in sentences.


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UNIT OBJECTIVES-COMMAS IN ASERIES

Broad Goal: I can use commas in a series toseparate my ideas in my writing.

Lesson Objectives:

Student pairs will find examples of commas in a

series in the story of the week and share themwith the class to display their knowledge of whatcommas in a series look like.

Students will display their ability to placecommas in a series correctly by completing a

formal assessment.Students will write their own advertisementusing commas in a series.


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RATIONALE FOR TEACHING

The Michigan grade level contentexpectations (GLCEs) expect third gradestudents to be able to use commas in aseries correctly and to show beginning useof quotation marks in their writing.

GLCE:W.GR.03.01 in the context of writing,correctly use subjects and verbs thatare in agreement; verb tenses; nouns

and possessives; commas in a series;and begin use of quotation marks andcapitalization in dialogue.


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WHY IS THIS SIGNIFICANT TOSTUDENTS?

It is important for students to learn aboutthese conventions because they can be veryuseful in their writing.Using quotation marks in creative writing gives

characters more personality, helps the storymove along quickly, and can make the storyseem more life-like since the characters aretalking just like real people.

Commas in a series are beneficial in listing, forexample look at the sentence above!

Commas in series are also used in the real world,especially through advertisements! E.g. Mannys Milk-Shakes! Enjoy strawberry, chocolate

and vanilla flavors.


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CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT- OFFERED AVARIETY OF GROUP CONFIGURATIONSAND ACTIVITIES

Pre-assessment/warm up activities each day provided students achance to warm up their brains and practice skills learned. Thisallowed me to informally check their understanding.

Partner activities, including finding examples in text anddiscussing the uses of the conventions in specific text examples,gave students a chance to interact with peers and practice oral

communication. Pair work also encouraged participation,because each person had the responsibility to participate, andthe other person held their partner to that standard

Writing assignments were given for students to expressthemselves creatively as well as practice using conventionscorrectly. These assignments served as formal assessments.

Sharing time was given to students who wished to share theirwriting with the class.


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SCHEDULE OF THE UNITQUOTATION MARKSMonday Tuesday WednesdayThursday Friday

Warm upWhole groupmini lesson onquotationmarks

Pair andshare activity studentsidentifiedquotationmarks in storyof the week,

discussed how improvedthe story withpartner,shared withthe class

Warm upWhole groupmini lesson onplacement ofpunctuation

Revise ourwarm up withcorrectanswersIndividualassessmentChallenge

worksheet

Focus onseparateoral/visualskills everyWednesday

Warm upWhole groupmini lessonreviewIndividual

writingassignment,using dialoguebetween 2 ormorecharacters,students

guided withspecific rubric

Warm upMacaroni artactivity~assessment.Students used

macaroni asquotationmarks andglued them onthe correctspots on astory sheet


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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE QUOTATIONMARKS UNIT

Quotation Marks Warm Up#1

Im hungry Shelly said.Are you tired? Michael asked.Taneea said Its time to gohome!Ms. Gatewood said Please stoptalking in the hallway!

PartnerWork!Identifying anddiscussingquotationmarks withinthe story of the

week.

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SCHEDULE OF THE UNITCOMMAS IN A SERIES

Monday Tuesday WednesdayThursday Friday

Warm upMini lessonon commas ina seriesPair andshare activity-studentsidentifiedcommas in aseries in thestory of theweek anddiscussedtheir findingwith the class

Warm upPartneractivity-students

share theirwarm up workwith a partnerand discussany changesthat need tobe made andwhyIndividualassessmentChallengeworksheet

Focus onseparateoral/visualskills every

Wednesday

Warm upMini-lessonon the use ofcommas in a

series inadvertisementsDraftingactivity-studentscreate aproduct name

and price andpractice usingcommas in aseries todescribeproduct (formalassessment

createdworksheet)

Warm upAuthentic andartisticactivity:

studentscreate theirownadvertisementsusing theirdraft from theprevious dayand sharethem with theclass


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~ADVERTISEMENT SAMPLES FROM THECOMMAS IN A SERIES UNIT

E.Js Chocolate! $5.99Chocolate, Americas' Favorite Treat!

The taste cant be beat!

My chocolate is rich, smooth, and better than the rest. Myproduct is minty, cool, and totally rules!


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MY ROLE AS A TEACHER Introduce topics with reasoning of WHY we learn it

Explained how these conventions would improve our writingand be useful in our future careers (advertising, etc.)

Explain how to implement conventions Mini-lessons provided students with the how and why

Model examples and allow students to explore Warm up activities gave students examples of sentences

with specific conventions and allowed them to practice andrevise their work

Guide students to use conventions in their own writing,and asses their progress

Challenge worksheets and created writing pages allowedstudents to practice their skills and assessed theirunderstanding of the use of conventions

Connect classroom learning to the outside world Using advertisements as an example of use of commas in a

series


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WHAT I LEARNED

Management: using aclassroom raffle, withSmartie-Cash, allowed me tokeep the managementproblems to a minimum. Each Friday I conducted a

drawing from the smartie-cash

box for four students to winsmall prizes.

Students also responded wellto established norms and acommon lesson structure warm up, mini-lesson,activity or assessment

Ms. Gatewoods

Smartie-cash


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LITERATURE THAT SUPPORTSINSTRUCTION

In ElementaryClassroomManagement by CarolWeinstein and AndrewMignano, there is a

chapter on EnhancingStudents Motivation. Inthis chapter, there are afew suggestions that Ihave focused on in myunit.

1. Provide ExtrinsicRewards: Smartie-CashRaffle (though this isnot highly encouraged it is working well in my

classroom)2. Allow Students to

Create FinishedProducts:

Advertisements

3. Provide Opportunitiesfor Students to Interactwith Peers:pairactivities


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WHAT STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUTQUOTATION MARKS

From the assessments I gave, I found that many studentslearned the correct placement of the quotation marks in adialogue. The students have practiced using quotationmarks in dialogue in the unit assignments and havereviewed them in daily quick write topics.

Many students have started using them in their writing ~ GoalAccomplished!

Students had trouble with the punctuation placementwithin the dialogue. The students need to continue to seeexamples of correct placement, and over time these skillswill progress.The third grade GLCEs do not specify that students need to

master this topic. Students are showing beginning knowledge ofthe punctuation placement ~ Goal Accomplished!


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WHAT STUDENTS LEARNEDABOUT COMMAS IN A SERIES

Many students displayed knowledge of thecorrect placement of commas in a series in theiradvertisement assignments ~ GoalAccomplished!

A few students continue to write commas in thewrong place. For these students, I plan on continuing to review the

commas in a series topic in my English lessons. I will alsopoint out examples of commas in a series often, so thatstudents can see examples of the correct placement and

copy and internalize that placement.

Students learned that commas in a series existin the real world, and that people in theadvertising business use commas in a seriesoften in their work.


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