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An alternative to testing: Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster

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A lesson plan for Grades K–2 English Language Arts

Provider: IRA/NCTE

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Appropriate grades
K–2
Subjects
English language arts (general, listening comprehension), thinking skills (information literacy), diverse learners (multiple intelligences)
Provider
IRA/NCTE

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This lesson can be used as an assessment tool for vocabulary comprehension from a recently completed unit of study. After the teacher reads Debra Frasier's Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster to the class, students model the concepts in the text by brainstorming vocabulary words from a unit they have just completed. Then, students illustrate and present their work in a final presentation. Lesson provides multiple opportunities for a final project; however, if modeled on the book, students will participate in a vocabulary parade.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

English Language Arts (2004)

Grade 1

  • Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
    • Objective 3.01: Elaborate on how information and events connect to life experiences.
    • Objective 3.02: Recognize and relate similar vocabulary use and concepts across experiences with texts.
    • Objective 3.03: Discuss unfamiliar oral and/or written vocabulary after listening to or reading texts.
  • Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
    • Objective 4.01: Select and use new vocabulary and language structures in both speech and writing contexts (e.g., oral retelling using exclamatory phrases to accent an idea or event).
  • Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.

Grade 2

  • Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
    • Objective 3.03: Explain and describe new concepts and information in own words (e.g., plot, setting, major events, characters, author's message, connections, topic, key vocabulary, key concepts, text features).
    • Objective 3.04: Increase oral and written vocabulary by listening, discussing, and composing texts when responding to literature that is read and heard. (e.g., read aloud by teacher, literature circles, interest groups, book clubs).
  • Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
    • Objective 4.06: Plan and make judgments about what to include in written products (e.g., narratives of personal experiences, creative stories, skits based on familiar stories and/or experiences).
    • Objective 4.08: Write structured, informative presentations and narratives when given help with organization.
  • Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.

Kindergarten

  • Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
    • Objective 3.01: Connect information and events in text to experience.
    • Objective 3.04: Use speaking and listening skills and media to connect experiences and text
      • listening to and re-visiting stories
      • discussing, illustrating, and dramatizing stories
      • discovering relationships.
  • Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
    • Objective 4.01: Use new vocabulary in own speech and writing.
    • Objective 4.02: Use words that name and words that tell action in a variety of simple texts (e.g., oral retelling, written stories, lists, journal entries of personal experiences).