Ideas+and+plans+for+grades+3-5

Please share any lesson plans and ideas from your week of writing camp. These may used by NWPNH camp leaders for future camps.

Amanda O'Riordan suggests this lesson on Sensory Detail.

 **O’Riordan’s Lesson Sample** **Mentor Text:** __**The Seashore Book**__  **by Charlotte Zolotow** **GLEs Addressed:** W:HW:2.3, W:HW:1, W:EW:2.1, W:EW:2.5 **Mini-Lesson Statement:**  **Writers use sensory details to help the reader experience the setting of your story.** **Materials:**  **Chart paper,**  __**The Seashore Book**__  **, individual sensory detail planning chart, Writers Notebooks** **Procedure Part 1**  **1.**    **Review the mini-lesson. Brainstorm the five senses together, and list them on the chart paper in the form of a table.** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**2.** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**Instruct children to do the same thing in their Writers Notebook.** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**3.** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**Tell the learners that you are going to read**  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">__**The Seashore Book**__  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;"> **by Charlotte Zolotow, because she uses a lot of her senses when she writes. Explain how you are not going to show the illustrations to them, because Zolotow does such a good job making you feel like you are there by using her senses, that you can get your own picture in your head.** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**4.** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**Read the book slowly. Children should take notes in their Writers Notebook whenever they hear a sensory detail, and include it in the correct column.** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**5.** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**Share out the sensory details that were heard. Write them on the large chart paper for all to see.** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**6.** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**Notice how some senses are used more than others.** <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**Procedure Part 2** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**1.** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;"> **In their writers notebook, students make a list of ten places they love, and ten places they hate. Have them choose one that sparks them the most, and put a check mark next to it.** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**2.** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**Have students close their eyes. Say the following things to them, and be sure to pause between each line…** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">- <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**Imagine you suddenly enter this place. Look up… what do you see? Look in front of you… Now behind you… What is all around you? Look down… Move your head all around, and thing about all you see… (Heads up, children write down details on their planning sheet)** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">- <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**(eyes shut again) Your ears perk up… what is that sound? What noises do you hear? Listen carefully. What sounds are all around you? (heads up, add more sensory details)** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">- <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**(eyes shut) You reach out your hands and you touch what is beside you. You touch below, you read above… You move your hands all around… Your feet feel the ground. What do you feel? (more note taking) Continue on with the other two senses.** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**3.** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;"> **Allow them to fill in any other details on the sensory detail chart.** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**4.** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**Young writers then use this chart to draw from in order to write a poem or other genre, or even to enhance the setting of a previously written piece!** <span style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**5.** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">  <span style="font-family: Calibri,Times New Roman,serif;">**Share writing!**