Day 2! -Morgan Lueck

Day 2:   
Today in Language Arts I taught my students about the setting of a story.  I began the lesson by asking them what they knew about a setting.  The students first off said that the setting is the place a story takes place.  It took them a little while to think about the time a story takes place as well.  When I prompted my students and asked them what the other part of the setting is they got the answer.  I also asked the students if the setting of a story has to be real.  They right away said no, and then I asked them to name some stories that have made up settings.  The students brought up Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, etc.  We had a short discussion on Neverland in Peter Pan and how it is made up.  After the questioning/discussion I had the students participate in an activity.  I had two books with very distinct settings that the students read.  I broke the students up into a group of three and a group of two.  The students took turns reading the book, and they filled out a worksheet while they were working about the time, place, and environment of the story.  The students worked well during this part, but there were a couple of times I found myself redirecting the students back to the books.  At the end of class I had the students come up with a setting for their own books.  I had one student who did not want to work, and when I would go over and help him he told me that he did not know what to write and that he was stupid.  I helped this student get on track and asked him some questions that helped him come up with a great setting for his story.  Today went well again.  I am just nervous that the students will not have enough time to write their stories the rest of the week.