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Conventions Lesson Plan

This lesson plan teaches 5th grade students about writing conventions such as capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. The 40-minute lesson involves students discussing conventions in groups, modeling conventions in their notebooks, identifying errors in sample writing, editing their own writing with a partner, and explaining the importance of conventions. The teacher will guide students through modeling, practicing conventions, and assessing their understanding through observation and an exit ticket question.

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Conventions Lesson Plan

This lesson plan teaches 5th grade students about writing conventions such as capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. The 40-minute lesson involves students discussing conventions in groups, modeling conventions in their notebooks, identifying errors in sample writing, editing their own writing with a partner, and explaining the importance of conventions. The teacher will guide students through modeling, practicing conventions, and assessing their understanding through observation and an exit ticket question.

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Writing Conventions Lesson Plan

Name: Karen Sanchez


Date: February 25, 2015
Grade Level: 5th
Time: 40 minutes
Arizona State/Common Core Standards:
Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
a. Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
b. Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
c. Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag
question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., Its true, isnt it?), and to indicate
direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
d. Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. (5.L.2)
Content Area Objectives:
I can identify correct capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling when
writing.
Language Objectives:
Students will discuss in small groups.
Students will share ideas with the group as a whole class.
Vocabulary: conventions, spelling, punctuation, capitalization
Materials:
Writers workshop notebook
Pencil
Document camera
Anticipatory Set: Students will discuss in groups which traits of writing we have gone
over throughout the past week. Volunteers will share one trait with the class. Ask students
what trait they think we are going over today.
Teacher Actions:
1. Engage students in anticipatory set.
2. Update Writers Workshop Notebook (Table of Contents).
3. Ask groups to contribute one component of the conventions trait (spelling,
capitalizing, grammar, paragraphing, punctuation).
4. Model making a web for conventions in notebook.

5. Provide a piece of writing that has a lot of conventional errors on document


camera.
6. Engage students in class discussion about how many errors they see.
7. Go over writing piece as a class and correct the errors.
8. Make a list of rules to follow when editing for conventions as a class.
9. Provide rules for the Conventions Game.
10. Ask students to write their own piece with many errors.
11. Ask students to trade with a partner and correct the writing.
12. Ask class to answer the closure question and have volunteers share.
Student Actions:
1. Discuss in groups the traits we have learned about.
2. Volunteers each share a trait.
3. Update Writers Workshop Notebook (table of contents).
4. Volunteers will share a component of the conventions trait.
5. Draw a web into notes and add these components.
6. Discuss how many mistakes/errors they see in the writing within their groups.
7. Share which parts of the writing sample needs to be corrected.
8. Discuss what rules should be followed when editing for conventions with groups
and make a list as a whole class.
9. Write own piece of writing with many errors.
10. Edit their partners work.
11. Write the answer to the closure question in their notes.
12. Volunteers will share answers with the class.
Variations:
Students could make a representation of all of the 6 traits of writing in a picture.
Modifications:
Teacher may need to provide more guidance when editing the writing as a class.
Teacher may need to provide more guidance for students who are having
difficulty writing his or her own piece.
Closure:
Bottom line: Why do we use conventions? Why are they important?
Assessment:
Observation of students.
Questions throughout the lesson to check in with students.
Closure question as exit ticket.

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