Inside Primary Heroes by Phyllis Berry
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Lesson 2 

English Language Arts, Reading, Social Studies
 
 Being Brave Lesson
 
The students will be able to find a way to answer their own questions by brainstorming what they want to know, writing down the questions, conducting an interview and writing about the responses.
 
During the 9/11/01 attacks on the World Trade Center, my students had questions about how the firemen and rescue workers felt. We decided to walk to our neighborhood fire station and interview the fire fighters about bravery.
 
IMPLEMENTATION
 
The Unit from Open Court Language Arts Program is called Being Brave. Through a series of stories and activities, the children develop an understanding of the concept 'Bravery'. We started with a question and concept board about Being Brave and used this interviewing activity as a way the children could find answers to their own questions.
 
Revisit the question and concept board students where they would go to find these answers. In this case, my class decided to visit the local firehouse and ask the firemen about being brave. Then brainstorm questions and the teacher writes them on the board. From the questions on the board, the teacher will type them up and print the. The teacher needs to make arrangements to walk to the fire house.
 
After the interviews, the students will write what they learned about being brave from the firemen and post their reflections on the concept/question board. We can now move some of the questions to the concept side.
 
Students will work collaboratively & individually.  Students will work in groups of 2.
 
3 class periods. 30 Min. per class.
 
This interviewing technique can be used to answer many questions.
 
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES 

Video camera, tripod, list of questions, clip boards and pencils, phone number of contact person at firehouse, permission slip and parent volunteers.
 
Technology resources:
Digital Cameras
 
STANDARDS & ASSESSMENT
      
CA- California K-12 Academic Content Standards
Subject : English Language Arts
 
Grade : Grade Two
 
 Area : Listening and Speaking
 
Standard 1.0: Listening and Speaking Strategies Students listen critically and respond appropriately to oral communication. They speak in a manner that guides the listener to understand important ideas by using proper phrasing, pitch, and modulation.
 
Concept: Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication
 
Benchmark or Example 1.9: Report on a topic with supportive facts and details.
 
  
While at the fire house, the students will ask the questions they have written and write down the firemen's responses. The teacher will help the students video tape the interview. When we get back to class, we will watch the video, discuss and write about the responses and experiences.
  

Date Created: 11/17/2001 2:39:14 PM
Lesson Format: Standard TaskStream Lesson
 

 

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