Greenwald_ E_ Flipped_ Classroom_ Recounting and Comparing Two Stories Using Story Elements and Technology Tools
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Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.) | Grade Level: 2
Lesson Length: 2 hours
Keywords/Tags: Central Message, Story Elements, Compare and Contrast, Recounting
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will compare and contrast two stories by using story elements identified for the purpose of recounting the stories. The story elements include setting, main characters, problem or challenge, characters' responses to the problem or challenge, solution or outcome, and central message of the story.

  • ELA.2.R.1.1 Identify plot structure and describe main story elements in a literary text.
  • ELA.2.R.1.2 Identify and explain a theme of a literary text.
  • ELA.2.R.3.2 Retell a text to enhance comprehension. 
  • ELA.2.R.3.2 a. Use main story elements in a logical sequence for a literary text.
  • ELA.2.C.5.1 Use one or more multimedia element(s) to enhance oral or written tasks.
  • ELA.2.R.3.3 Compare and contrast important details presented by two texts on the same topic or theme.
  • ELA.2.C.5.2 Use digital tools to produce and publish writing individually or with peers and with support from adults.
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Video : The Grasshopper and the Ants, Aesop's Fables Series, ABCMouse.com
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.")
Description: In 'The Grasshopper and the Ants,' the ants work hard to gather food to prepare for winter, while the grasshopper only wants to play. But when winter comes, the grasshopper learns a valuable lesson about planning for the future.
Video : The Little Red Hen #ReadAlong StoryBook Video For Kids Ages 2-7
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: The Little Red Hen read along storybook written by Pail Galdone.
Reading : The Little Red Hen
Instructions: Please read the following text as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through the rest of the lesson pages. Understanding the content of this text is very important since the following lesson activities will be all about this content.

https://www.getepic.com/app/read/14449

Description: An industrious, hardworking hen teaches her friends a thing or two about helping out in this classic story.
Reading : The Ant and the Grasshopper
Instructions: Please read the following text as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through the rest of the lesson pages. Understanding the content of this text is very important since the following lesson activities will be all about this content.

https://www.getepic.com/app/read/7834

Description: Grasshopper thinks Ants should stop working so hard... But what will happen when winter comes?
Assignment : Retell the Story Using a Graphic Organizer

Retell the Story

Retell the Story

Use each of the graphic organizers to retell each story. First retell The Ant and the Grasshopper then retell The Little Red Hen. Focus on the elements of each story. You will use these graphic organizers to help you complete a Venn Diagram comparing the elements of each story.

Assignment : Compare and Contrast

Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer

Use the above graphic orgnanizer to compare and contrast the story elements from The Ant and the Grasshopper and The Little Red Hen.

Assignment : Write a Paragraph Comparing the Two Stories

You will write a paragraph comparing the two stories focusing on the story elements and the central message of the stories.

Please use the writing checklist to guide your writing.

Writing Checklist

  

   

 

 

Assignment : Video Story- Culminating Activity

You will use the paragraph you wrote from this assignment as your "script" and the watercolor paintings you completed as a scene from each story in our previous lessons to create a video story using the Video Note tool in our eClass learing platform. 

Please be sure to use the slide procedure we practiced with our cameras and check the microphine settings to be sure you are clearly recording your visual images and voice recording. 

When you have completed your video note, please watch any that your classmates have posted to pose three thoughtful questions for your peers in the discussion forum.