Lesson -Plan
For the Software
ColorForms: Sailor Moon and Sailor Scouts
Grade :1-2 Lesson Focus : Sose, Band A, Level 1
Class Size : 28 students
Learning Experience :
For this lesson experience children will present their ideas and thoughts for a book to their class peers,. Children will also explore the stereotyping of genders and behaviour in story roles.
Time :
For this lesson students will have a chance to brainstorm for an hour, with question time provided and publish the ideas . This is part of a ongoing project to produce a class book on helpful behaviour using the Color form Computing Package to present to the school as well as a copy to other classes.
Objectives :
National Profiles :
Sose : 1.2, 1.9,1.10,1.12, 1.17, 1.18
KITO's: Level 1, Publishing
English: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4,
Prior Learning Experiences :
The students have experience in presenting ideas and work at the fortnightly assemblies which require students to present a range of ideas and work within the ability of the students.
Rationale :
~ Develops speaking in groups skills
~ Encourages development in listening and questioning
~ Develops interest and motivation within the classroom
~ Creates a cooperative atmosphere in achieving a common goal
Resources :
Copies of the work produced
Sailor Moon and the Sailor scouts, Color Form Computer Fun set
Butchers paper for drafting a book layout and sequence of pages
Main Teaching and learning Strategies :
~ Discussion and sharing of ideas
~ Speaking and listening for a purpose
~ Planning speaking and questions
~ Desk top publishing with the program ColorForms
Outline :
This lesson is the start of the next three weeks of publishing lessons and is devoted to brainstorming ideas for publishing and later presenting the work the students will complete. Students will be asked to discuss Selena in her role of Sailor Moon and her friends, the Sailor Scouts. The children will reflect on the reasons for helping others. The reasons are why they (The characters) help for no reward and their cooperation as group members to achieve outcomes for 5 to 8 minutes. Teacher and class share the results and start to draft pages on paper for the books they will complete. Each student will construct a page in the book, including a cover for the book. Text will be kept to the level of the student.
The program will be set up on the hard drive with a shortcut icon on the screen for instant access to the program. Students will start with a simple page and with the draft as a guide, cut and paste their page. Text imput will be in a preset format imitating current lower primary school student standards by using "Lucida Handwriting Font" (available on Macintosh). This is then is saved on a student disc, later copied for inclusion into the class book, to a separate folder on the teachers computer. At the end the lesson students will have a question time as to where the story should go to for the next lesson.
When the class has later published the book, in the reflection period following. Students should reflect on all the work, their likes and dislikes and how the unit developed their understanding of the importance of cooperation and assistance to humans. Though keeping these concepts simple and at a level of understanding.
Teaching Implications :
~ A few children may not want to participate and these will be allocated other duties
~ All students input into the discussion should be valued as part of their cognitive development.
~ All children should have the chance to share ideas in the reflection period.
Evaluation Strategies :
Teachers can evaluate within this lesson the depth of the ideas produced in the reflection as well as the presentation of the ideas developed in this unit to the other classes. Assessment is also completed by the students because they can reflect on their own social development as well. The increase in helpful behaviour and questioning of why we help each other will show an understanding of the group model.
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