Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement
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Purpose:
Duration:
Seven Forty-Five Minute Class Periods
Objectives:
The learner will:
- describe the editing process by helping younger children publish their own pattern books.
- analyze opportunity cost in helping younger children learn to read and determine if the cost was worth the result.
Service Experience:
Learners will help elementary students write, edit and publish an original pattern book.
Materials:
- Plain paper
- Dictionaries
- Pencils and pens
- Laminator
- Book binder
- Writing Pattern Books Rubric ( Attachment One )
- Children's Book Publishing Rubric ( Attachment Two )
- Planning/Reflective Rubric ( Attachment Three )
Instructional Procedure(s):
Anticipatory Set:
Say to the learners, “The children really enjoyed the pattern books you read to them and wanted to read them by themselves. Their teacher said they also wanted to try making their own pattern books with your help.”
- Day One: Brainstorm methods to help children write a pattern book and develop a rubric or use Writing Pattern Books Rubric ( Attachment One ).
- Discuss ways to overcome impatience and frustration during writing/editing process.
- Day Two: Go to the elementary school and form groups of a student with his/her two elementary children. Help the children write their own pattern book following the rough draft techniques developed in the Writing Pattern Books Rubric ( Attachment One ).
- Explain that the final draft will be completed later. The next time the teams will get together, the pictures and book cover will be added. Children should think about what illustrations they could add.
- Day Three: Write the final draft of the pattern book.
- Day Four: Return to the elementary class and form the small groups. Encourage the children in designing book covers and adding illustrations to their writing. Develop the title page.
- Day Five: Laminate the covers and story pages. Bind the covers and story using a book binder.
- Day Six: Return to the elementary school with published copies of the books. Help the children read the books, if necessary. Celebrate!!
- Day Seven: Share feelings, challenges and accomplishments of the past few days, as well as success in meeting objectives, in a sharing circle.
- Describe the concept of an opportunity cost as “the next best alternative that must be given up when a choice is made. Not all alternatives, just the next best choice.” Explain that instead of working with the elementary children, the middle school learners could have used this large amount of time to do something else. What opportunity costs can they name as their cost for getting involved with this project? Do they believe it was a worthwhile choice?
- Ask the learners to describe how the community is better for their having formed teams with their elementary partners and having worked with them to learn to read.
- Have each learner complete one of the following in his/her reflective journal:
- The best thing about the pattern book writing experience was…
- Helping children publish a book made me feel…
- I would encourage others to help others because…
Assessment:
The Writing Pattern Books Rubric ( Attachment One ) , Children's Book Publishing Rubric ( Attachment Two ) , Planning/Reflective Rubric ( Attachment Three ) and reflection may be used to assess learning in this lesson.
School/Home Connection:
None for this lesson.
Cross-Curriculum Extensions:
Help children practice reading their books. If possible, make arrangements for them to read them to a kindergarten class.
Bibliographical References:
Lesson Developed By:
Suzanne LappinVanDyke Public Schools
Lincoln Middle School
Warren, MI 48089
Handouts:
Handout 1Print Handout 1
Writing Pattern Books Rubric
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Rough Draft: |
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Encourag/support child |
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Write in pencil |
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Write down child’s exact words |
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Print in large, clear letters |
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Leave 3/4 of page for child’s drawing |
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Help child read story back |
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Help child develop a title for the story |
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Final Draft: |
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Review rough draft for above requirements |
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Check spelling |
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Rewrite in pen or printed, transfer child’s illustrations to final copy |
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Handout 2Print Handout 2
Children's Publishing Book Rubric
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Encourage design of book cover |
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Include title and author’s name on cover |
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Make a title page with title and date |
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Laminate book covers |
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Bind covers and story together |
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Give positive reinforcement |
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Handout 3Print Handout 3
Planning/Reflective Rubric
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Planning: |
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Participated in brainstorming to develop philanthropy project to meet needs of elementary children. |
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Identified materials which might help. |
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Wrote final draft in ink and laminated necessary pages. |
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Reflection: |
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Participated in sharing circle - shared feelings and problems. |
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Contributed to brainstorming on what could have made the activity better. |
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Showed knowledge of meaning of philanthropy. |
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Completed journal entry for one of the following:
experience was…
feel…
because… |
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Unit Contents:
Overview:Helping Children Learn Summary
Lessons:
- 1.
- Reading to Elementary Children
- 2.
- Helping Children Read
- 3.
- Reading Pattern Books
- 4.
- Writing Pattern Books
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