Personal Statement/Philosophy

Sample Language Arts Lesson Plan

Activity: Writing Conferences

Materials:
The children will bring their (1.) Writing in Progress folders, (2.) character, setting, problem and solution sheets, and (3.) editing checklists.

Objectives:

	I will:
	1.	Develop an awareness that they are in control and have the power in their writing
	2.	Take pride in their work
	3.	Share work with others
	4.	Think of an audience in their writing
	5.	Receive help in writing, editing, and revising

Procedure:

	I will:
	1.	Begin lesson by telling the children that I just told Mr. Cox that we have been very busy with our Gingerbread stories.
	2.	Ask the children to fill in Mr. Cox on all that we have done.
	3.	Ask the children to one at a time raise their hand and tell us what we have done to get ready to write our own stories.
	4.	Close this conversation by telling Mr. Cox that we are all at different stages in our writing because we are our own authors.
	5.	Tell the children that we are going to continue to work and that they can come up and meet with Mrs. May, myself, or Mr. Cox for help with their writing.
	6.	Have child read his/her story.

Prepared Questions:

Are you happy with your story?
Can I help you with anything?
Can you tell me about your writing?
What do you plan to do next In your writing

Checking to see if the child has control of the writing processes:

Are they drafting, revising, editing, publishing?
Could you read a part you especially like aloud to me?
How did you get your idea for this piece?
What do you plan to do with this when you are done?
What do you plan to write about next?