Who is Dr. Seuss?

Introduction

Who is Dr. Seuss? 

 

Ted Geisel holding the Cat in the Hat at Desk in 1957

 

Let's learn about Seuss! Do you know anything about the man behind the Cat in the Hat? Hopefully after the research you do with your ELG group you will learn so much more! Let's grab our hats and learn a lot about that!

 

Task

Your task is to research and learn new facts about the man behind the Cat in the Hat. You will complete You will digitally produce a 5 slide power point with your ELG group. Then you will independently complete a informational writing assignment on Dr. Seuss. 

1.W.TTP.2 With prompting and support, write informative/explanatory texts, naming a topic, supplying some facts about the topic, and providing some sense of closure.

1.W.PDW.6 With guidance and support from adults, and in collaboration with peers, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing.

Process

Task 1: (Day 1-2) You will read a biography on Dr. Seuss on Epic:  https://www.getepic.com/app/read/47322. As you read independently - answer the questions on your fact sheet about Dr. Seuss.

If, you need extra sources to answer the questions about Dr. Seuss try this: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/dr--seuss/

You can also watch this video if you need more facts: https://youtu.be/G3142rZUqwk

Task 2 (Day 2-4): You will discuss your new knowledge on Dr. Seuss with your ELG group. You will decide as a group what information should be included in your power point. With the help of your leader, you will each design 1 power point slide about Dr. Seuss. 

Task 3: (Day 5): You will finish up your group slide show and practice presenting your slides to your ELG leader. 

Task 4: (Day 6): We will present our slide shows during ELG time.

Task 5: (Day 7): You will use your 2nd writing graphic organizer to begin your Dr. Seuss writing. 

Task 6:(Day 8-10): We will begin writing conferences as you work toward your final draft of your Dr. Seuss writing

Evaluation

 

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Topic Sentence/Closing

Sentence

Student has a hook, topic, and closing sentence.

Student has strong topic and closing sentence.

Student has both topic and closing sentences but they are weak.

Student only has one

Student does not have a topic or closing.

Punctuation/

Capitalization

Student has no errors with punctuation. Student correctly uses a comma in writing.

Student has no errors with punctuation.

Student has 1-2 mistakes with capital letters and punctuation.  

Student has 3-4 mistakes with punctuation and capitalization.

Student has no punctuation and begins sentences with lower case letters.

Spacing/

Neatness

The writing has appropriate spacing and is written neatly in its entirety.

The writing has appropriate spacing and is written somewhat neatly.

The writing is somewhat neat and has appropriate spacing in parts.  

Writing has legible, but lacks spacing.

Writing is illegible.

Topic Focus

The writing stays on topic and explains all facts given.

The writing stays on topic and explains some facts given.

The writing is redundant and only gives short simple facts

. The writing is somewhat on topic and gives 1-2 facts.

The writing is impossible to understand.

 

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Create

Student created 1 PP slide with little to no help.

Student created 1 PP slide with a lot of help.

Student did not create 1 PP slide.

Present

Student presented PP slide to class and used expression in their voice.

Student simply read off PP slide when presenting.  

Student did not participate.

Conclusion

I am so proud of your first research project! I am sure the 2nd grade teachers will be so proud. Who would you like to research next?

Credits

Teacher Page

I planned this activity to be used during our 30 minute ELG groups. I am always lacking the time to teach the standard to digitally produce a writing assignment and felt this assignment would be the perfect opportunity. This is a way to help students transition into researching different writing topics independently. 

 

Subject: ELA

Materials/Resources: pencils, writing graphic organizers, ELG leader, and chrome books with power point.

Grade: 1st