ED 444 Lesson Two

ED 444 Lesson Two Tammy McWilliams Preskitt Central Question 6/1/12 Before, During and After

Lesson Title: What’s In the Word? Bully

Standards: 1.SL.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. a) Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions; b) build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges; c) ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.

1.SL.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Literature Objectives: 1.1 Students will work individually and in groups to write a dictionary definition of the word bully. 1.2 Students will create individually an image or design representing the final definition of a bully.

Materials: -One by Kathryn Otoshi -3 x 5 file card for each student -paper and pencil -colored markers/crayons/colored pencils -large white construction paper for each student

Preparation: Write Central Question on board: What is a bully?

Procedure: 1. (Before) Hand each student a 3 x 5 file card. Ask them to write a personal definition of the word bully as a noun and as a verb. 2. Place students in pairs and have them exchange their personal definitions. Ask students to consider this question: What word or phrases from your partner’s definition do you think you might like to borrow to include in a definition of bully. Write their suggestions on a chart paper. 3. Pairs work together to synthesize definitions. Encourage students to include words from each partner’s definition as well as add new words. 4. (During)Partners are then matched up with others to share definitions. Groups of four collaborate on a definition. Challenge the students by insisting that the new definition be exactly 20 words in length. Once the definitions are completed, one member of each group shares the definition with the whole class. 5. Do a shared whole group writing activity: Students offer suggestions to create a class definition of the word bully. Record suggestions as offered and revise and edit as the composing process unfolds. When satisfied with the definition, introduce the story. 6. Preview and ask for predictions of what the story One by Kathryn Otoshi could be about. Read to the class. 7. (After) Inform students that the new dictionary will be strictly visual so that all definitions must be represented without words. Prompt students to create an image or design to represent what a bully is. One will have already ignited their imagination. Display images and take a gallery walk. Together recite the class definition of bully.

Assessment: -Ask students to hand in their file card, pair’s paper with definition, foursome’s paper with definition, and each individual image or design.

Diversity: This lesson incorporates activity that includes collaboration, brainstorming, writing, and creating an image. Students with verbal-linguistic skills will benefit from the collaboration, brainstorming, and writing. Students with visual-spatial skills will benefit from creating images and the use of charts. Students with bodily-kinesthetic skills will benefit from the gallery walk. Students with interpersonal skills will benefit from the group work, discussions, and brainstorming. Students with intrapersonal skills will benefit from the personal response in the beginning and the individual image creation.

Reflection: Bullying seems to be an ongoing subject that must be visited numerous times throughout the school year. I modified this lesson from Creating Caring Classrooms. It is the second lesson in a unit of 12 targeting bullying. It was easily modified by adding the before, during, and after elements. The central question was obvious and so made a good match for the requirements of the lesson. I had to do a little searching for the standard and objective to fit the question, but it came together. This is a lesson and unit that could be carried out in a classroom with alacrity. The lessons help students to unpack the issue of bullying. It gives students a deeper understanding in what is happening with the bully, the victim, and the bystanders. It gives each participant tools to use in such a situation. I will use this unit at the start of our next school year.