Phase: | During/Explore/Explain |
Activity: | This activity would work well as an individual or partner activity. The students will need a printout of the storyboard, a pencil, and a set of colored pencils or markers. The students will also need their notebooks with the 11 vocabulary terms they wrote from the "Before Activity." The teacher and/or students will review the 11 vocabulary words to decide which ones to utilize in the storyboard. Be sure to decide if the vocabulary terms will be used as a denotation or a connotation. After having read both The Lightning Thief (Chapter 18) and the paired reading from the before activity, Welcome to the Underworld, students will write down six of the most important scenes and create their own storyboard. Within each scene, they must include at least one sentence to summarize the scene, using at least one vocabulary term. The scene must have an illustration to depict that scene and it should be colorful. |
Assessment Strategies: | When teachers are evaluating this assignment, they should look for the correct use of the vocabulary terms that their students used in each scene of the storyboard. In addition, they might evaluate the completion of the task, having a picture to illustrate each scene, and using complete sentences and grammar throughout the storyboard. See this rubric as an example. |
Advanced Preparation: | The teacher will need to select which storyboard and rubric they prefer before starting this assignment and make sure each student has a printout of each. It is always best to go over the rubric before starting the assignment. The teacher will need to instruct students to get their notebooks and something to write with. The teacher should be certain that students understand each vocabulary term and that they must choose six different words to use within their storyboard. |
Variation Tips (optional): | Tier 2 Intervention: Teachers could provide sentence starters along with the vocabulary term that might be used in each scene. Advanced options: Teachers may require more than one sentence or more than six vocabulary terms used in the storyboard. Digital options: If there are digital devices for each student, the teacher may require students to use a Google Sheets template. I like this free version here. Be sure and download the link before starting the activity to ensure your computers are compatible. |
Notes or Recommendations (optional): | This activity can stand alone or be used as a During/Explore/Explain activity for the following learning activities: Welcome to the Underworld (before activity) Gimkit Vocabulary Review (after activity) |
Keywords and Search Tags: | 6th grade ELA, academic vocabulary, digital storyboard, paired reader, storyboard, The Lightning Thief, vocabulary in writing, Welcome to the Underworld |