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Berea City School District

Title: Pet Peeve Descriptive Writing Subject: _____Language Arts

Standard: ____Writing Process

Grade: 3 Date: ___May 2006

Vision We want our students to become independent, confident writers.

Lesson Summary Students already have knowledge of adjectives. This lesson gives the students additional opportunities to incorporate adjectives within the context of a descriptive paragraph.

Goal(s) of This Lesson Students will improve and enhance their writing using adjectives.

Prior Knowledge/Pre-Assessment Identify nouns Identify adjectives Choose a topic and write details

Team Members Erin Blatnica, Fairwood Katie Bodnar, Big Creek Roberta Caleris, BPM Denise Ernst, Brookview Cindy Frontczak, Big Creek Lori Waschak, Brookview Facilitators: Jennifer Ditz and LaVerne S. Thomas

Reflections/Insights The students were highly motivated by the topic. The graphic organizer was helpful in getting their thoughts down on paper.





Ohio Academic Content Standards Relationship to the Curriculum

Subject Benchmark Indicators A. Generate ideas and determine a

topic suitable for writing 2. Develop a clear main idea for writing

Language Arts 4. Use organizational strategies (e.g. brainstorming, lists, webs, and Venn Diagrams) to plan writing Writing

Processes E. Use revision strategies to

improve the coherence of ideas, clarity of sentence structure and the effectiveness of word choice.

11. Add descriptive words and details and delete extraneous information

Mathematics

Science

Social Studies

Technology





Unit Suggestions If you would like to do “Bubbles of Fun” to brainstorm descriptive words before the first lesson, it is attached to this plan.

Materials and Resources Chart paper Notebook paper Manila paper for graphic organizers highlighters Overhead projector Overhead of My Pet Peeve Worksheet My Pet Peeve/Shorter Weeks Worksheet (one per student) My Pet Peeve Revised Worksheet (one per student) Grocery Store Pet Peeves (example) Writing Rubric (copies as needed) Bubbles of Fun Worksheet (optional)

Notes:

Lesson Plan Suggested

Time Frame and Steps

Teacher Direction, Support and Key Questions Student Learning Activities

Anticipated Student Questions and

Responses Evaluation/ Assessment





Day One 15 minutes

Mini-lesson on eliminating extraneous information Have a discussion about how in our writing, we are having a problem with adding information that does not support the main idea. Today, we are going to practice revising a paragraph. Teacher shows the students a model of a paragraph that will be revised together as a class on the overhead. Tell the students that the task is to identify and delete the extraneous information. There are 3 sentences that do not support the topic. Teacher will provide a second paragraph that requires revision independently. The teacher will circulate and assist as needed.

Students will look over the paragraph independently to see if they can find the extraneous information. Using the overhead projector, students will identify the 3 sentences that do not support the topic. The students will work independently to create the revisions.

How many sentences do I have to identify?










Day Two Day Three

Mini-lesson on adding details Teachers show students the same paragraph that they used yesterday. Identify the descriptive words that are used in this paragraph. Discuss that now you are going to create your own pet peeve paragraphs. Teacher models their own pet peeves on chart paper on the board. (See attached Grocery Store Pet Peeves example) Drafting

Students highlight words in the paragraph that are descriptive. Give the students a piece of manila paper to identify a specific place or person first. Then, choose one noun for each pet peeve to describe the place or person. Using a graphic organizer, students will identify adjectives for each noun. (See attached Grocery Store Pet Peeves example) Students produce a pet peeve graphic organizer. Students use their graphic organizers from the day before to draft their pet peeve paragraphs.

Students had difficulty finding building as an adjective to creations. Needed a lot of teacher prompts










Day Four Day Five Day Six

Revision Editing Publishing

Students revise their pet peeve paragraphs utilizing adding details and eliminating extraneous information. Students edit their pet peeve paragraphs utilizing the editing rubric. Students publish their pet peeve paragraphs.

Students will be evaluated with a rubric





Differentiated Instructional Support • Peer editing • Modify the number of pet peeves • Modify the number adjectives • Give them a cloze assignment (example: fill in the

blanks with adjectives)

Extensions The students write a story about their pet peeves that include several paragraphs using descriptive words.

Technology Connections • Students will use word processing software to publish

their writing. • Adjectives: http://www.teach-nology.com/

Literature Links Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

http://www.teach-nology.com/


Name: __________________________

My Pet Peeves I am a pretty agreeable person, but there are a few things

around my house that drive me crazy. One such thing is when my

younger brothers go into my bedroom and destroy my building

creations. My three-year-old brothers both have blonde hair. I also

get upset when my sister sings at the dinner table. Her favorite sport is

gymnastics. My greatest pet peeve is when my older brother taps his

pencil on the kitchen table while I am studying spelling words. I wish I

had a fish tank in my room. My brothers and sister are really great,

but there are moments when they make me crazy!


Name: __________________________

Shorter Weeks

I think the school week should be shortened to four days for

three reasons. I am in the third grade this year. The first reason is I

could have more time to play on the weekends. My dog likes to play

with his Frisbee outside. The second reason is I could get more sleep

so I could pay more attention in class. I sleep with my stuffed animal

every night. The last reason is I could have more time to watch TV

and play video games. I hope I get a new video game for my

birthday. I think a four-day week just makes more sense!


Name: __________________________

My Pet Peeves (Revised) I am a pretty agreeable person, but there are a few things



creations. I also get upset when my sister sings at the dinner table.

My greatest pet peeve is when my older brother taps his pencil on

the kitchen table while I am studying spelling words. My brothers and

sister are really great, but there are moments when they make me

crazy!


Name: __________________________

My Pet Peeves (Answer Key) I am a pretty agreeable person, but there are a few things



creations. I also get upset when my sister sings at the dinner table.

My greatest pet peeve is when my older brother taps his pencil on

the kitchen table while I am studying spelling words. My brothers and

sister are really great, but there are moments when they make me

crazy!


Writing Rubric

Student Name: _________________

Total Points: __________

0 Not present

1 Needs

improvement

2 3 Developing Competent

Uses descriptive words

Avoids using extraneous information

Written in complete sentences

Uses correct spelling

Uses correct punctuation and capitalization

Uses a topic sentence


Grocery Store Pet Peeves (example)

Cart squeaky wheels sticky handle cold hard Dirty plastic red

Customers whiny kids rude people slow impatient friendly happy talkative young old

Aisles narrow big boxes messy tall shelves cluttered clean long

Lines long unending slow self-serve short quick many/few

BUBBLES OF FUN


A describing word helps you imagine how something looks, feels, smells, sounds, or tastes.

Write a list of describing words on each bubble to fit the bubble’s category.

words that describe how something feels

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words that describe weather

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words that describe feelings

____________________

____________________

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words that describe sounds

____________________

____________________

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words that words that describe size describe taste or smell

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