A Storyboard for You About Black Bayou Lake

Title: A Storyboard for You About Black Bayou
Subject: English/Language Arts
Grade Level: 5 - 6

Overview:
Students will use Microsoft PowerPoint and/or KidPix as well as Paint to create a storyboard about Black Bayou Lake refuge for a younger child. The fifth grade student will interview a child in the first or second grade using an Interview Guide. The student will then visit selected web sites to locate information and pictures for the storyboard, or if possible visit the refuge on a field trip. The student will illustrate the storyboard using Paint. When all is said and done, the older student will present the storyboard to the student interviewed and leave that child with a digital copy of the storyboard.

Approximate Duration: 5 - 60 minute lessons
Content Standards:
Standard 2
Students write competently for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Standard 3
Students communicate using standard English grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and handwriting.
Standard 5
Students locate, select, and synthesize information from a variety of texts, media, references, and technological sources to acquire and communicate knowledge.

Benchmarks:
ELA-2-M4
using narration, description, exposition, and persuasion to develop various modes of writing (e.g., notes, stories, poems, letters, essays, logs);
ELA-2-M5
recognizing and applying literary devices (e.g., figurative language, symbolism, dialogue);
ELA-3-M2
demonstrating use of punctuation (e.g., comma, apostrophe, colon, semicolon, quotation marks, dashes, parentheses), capitalization, and abbreviations;
ELA-3-M3
demonstrating standard English structure and usage;
ELA-3-M4
demonstrating understanding of the parts of speech to make choices for writing;
ELA-3-M5
spelling accurately using strategies and resources (e.g., glossary, dictionary, thesaurus, spell check) when necessary.
ELA-5-M4
using available technology to produce, revise, and publish a variety of works;

Grade-Level Expectations (GLEs):
Writing
Grade 5
23. Use the various modes to write compositions, including: how-to essays; stories that incorporate dialogue, characters, plot, setting, and sensory details(ELA-2-M4)
24. Develop writing/compositions using a variety of literary and sound devices, including similes, metaphors, and onomatopoeia(ELA-2-M5)
Grade 6
23. Develop writing using a variety of literary devices, including foreshadowing, flashback, and imagery(ELA-2-M5)
Writing/Proofreading
Grade 5
27. Capitalize the first and other important words in titles and proper nouns
(ELA-3-M2)
Grade 6
30. Use a variety of resources (e.g., glossaries, dictionaries, thesauruses, spell check) to find correct spellings(ELA-3-M5)
Information Resources
Grade 5
46. Use word processing and/or other technology to draft, revise, and publish a variety of works, including compositions and reports(ELA-5-M4)
Grade 6
46. Use word processing and/or other technology to draft, revise, and publish a variety of works, including compositions and reports and business letters(ELA-5-M4)

Interdisciplinary Connections:
Science : Life Science
The students will become aware of the characteristics and life cycles of organisms and understand their relationships to each other and to their environment.
Science : Science and the Environment
In learning environmental science, students will develop an appreciation of the natural environment, learn the importance of environmental quality, and acquire a sense of stewardship. As consumers and citizens, they will be able to recognize how our personal, professional, and political actions affect the natural world.

Educational Technology Standards:
Use multimedia tools and desktop publishing to develop and present computer-generated projects for directed and independent learning activities.

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, writing tools, digital cameras, drawing tools, web tools) to gather information for problem solving, communication, collaborative writing and publishing to create products for various audiences.

Objectives:
1. The student will conduct an interview.
2. The student will conduct research in a Track to find information for a writing activity.
3. The student will visit Black Bayou Lake refuge.
4. The student will use the digital camera to take pictures.
5. The student will create an electronic storyboard for and about the younger child interviewed and Black Bayou Lake using Microsoft PowerPoint or KidPix.
6. The student will write the storyboard void of spelling and grammatical errors, and will use figurative language throughout the writing.

Lesson Materials and Resources:
Interview Research Guide
Pencils
Digital Camera

Technology Tools and Materials:
Hardware:
Computer
Internet
Digital Camera
Software:
Microsoft PowerPoint

Websites:
eNature
http://www.enature.com/
Yahoo Kids
http://kids.yahoo.com/
National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html
Track
Bayou or Lake...Will the real one please stand up!

Background Information:
Most of the students will have limited knowledge concerning Black Bayou Lake refuge. They will, however, be able to search selected web sites for information. The students will have varying abilities with writing skills.

Lesson Procedures:
 
Day 1
1. All of you will become authors and you will write an electronic storyboard about Black Bayou Lake to help a younger child develop reading skills.
2. Pre-arrange two classes. A first or second grade class should be matched with a fifth grade class. Pair a younger student with an older student to be interviewed using an Interview Guide. The classes can be divided in half for the interviews.
3. The fifth grade student will conduct the interview and take a digital picture of the student.
Day 2 and 3
1. After the interview the fifth grade student will search selected web sites to find information which was asked on the Interview Guide.
2. The fifth grade students will travel to Black Bayou Lake to find answers and take pictures for the storyboard.
Day 4
1. The student will use the information on the completed Interview Guide along with the information on the research guide to complete the guide created in Inspiration. Click on the Outline view to help organize your writing. (If the teacher does not have access to Inspiration this activity can be done using Microsoft Word and a story map or cluster.)
2. The student will use online tools for spelling and definitions of words.
3. The student will now use Microsoft PowerPoint or KidPix to create a storyboard.
4. Proofread and edit the storyboard in pairs.
5. Use Paint and digital pictures to illustrate the storyboard. 
Day 5
1. As a culminating activity for this lesson, the students present the work to the younger child that was interviewed.

Assessment Procedures:
Storyboard Assessment Rubric
Storyboard
Interview Guide Completed
Teacher monitoring of the interviews and
research process

Accommodations/Modifications:
Students with exceptional needs should have the assistance of a para-professional or teacher when conducting the interview and research for this project.

ReadPlease free software could be used to as a resource for the non-reader.

Reproducible Materials:
Example Template of Storyboard using PowerPoint
Inspiration Guide
Storyboard Interview Guide
Storyboard Research Guide
Storyboard Rubric

Explorations and Extensions:
The students could continue researching and writing about selected topics for younger students.
Lesson Development Resources:
GLE Related Material
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/saa/1914.html
KidPix Storyboard Guide
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/intech/k6/day1/kwstoryboard.rtf



Contact Information:
Rosemary Dillingham
rosemary.dillingham@mcschools.net
Instructional Technology

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