Lesson Focus: The first graders will work through the writing process to create a story for publishing.
Mentor Text: "Saturdays and Teacakes" by Lester Laminack. "Saturdays and Teacakes" is a memoir that describes one of Laminack's fondest childhood memories. In this story, a young boy recalls the Saturdays that he would go and visit his Mammaw. Laminack is very descriptive as he recalls the bike ride that he took through town to reach his grandmother's house, and all of the vivid details of his Mammaw's house once he arrives. The story then goes on to describe the Saturday chores that the boy and his grandmother would do together, ending with their speacial meal and their sweet treat of teacakes.
About the Author: Lester Laminack is a full-time writer and consultant working with schools throughout the United States. He is Professor Emeritus with department of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary, and Middle School Education at Western Carolina Univeristy, in North Carolina. Laminack is the author of several professional books for teachers, and five children's books.
Purpose for Text Selection: Laminack wrote the story "Saturdays and Teacakes" about a childhood memory with his grandmother. This text serves as a model to show children that the memories and events that happen in their lives, can be made into a book just like this one. Laminack says, "Think of special moments in your life. You may have a souvenir from a vacation or trip or maybe you have a photo from camp or a family gathering. Look at one of those photos or hold one of those souvenirs and try to recall the special moments you and your family wanted to hold on to. A memoir is like a souvenir in a way. It is a memento—a reminder. A memoir helps you to hold on so you will remember and so that others may know that it mattered."
Ohio Academic Content Standards
Writing Process Standard
Benchmarks:
A. Generate ideas for written compositions.
D. Use revision strategies and resources to improve ideas and content, organization, word choice and detail.
E. Edit to improve sentence fluency, grammar and usage.
G. Publish writing samples for display or sharing with others, using techniques such as electronic resources and graphics.
Writing Processes Grade One Indicators:
1. Generate writing ideas through discussions with others.
2. Develop a main idea for writing.
3. Determine purpose and audience.
4. Use organizational strategies to plan writing.
14. Rewrite and illustrate writing samples for display and for sharing with others.
Lesson Plans:
1. Before reading the book "Saturdays and Teacakes," the teacher will tell the students that the author wrote the story about an important memory from his childhood. He or she will also tell the students that they are going to be writing their own story about an event, an object, or a person that is important to them, so they should begin thinking about it as they are listening to the story.
2. The teacher will read the book "Saturdays and Teacakes," emphasizing the rich details that Laminack uses to tell his story.
3. After listening to the story the students will get into groups of two or three and brainstorm ideas for thier stories.
4. Next the students will go back to their seats and begin organizing their thinking in a graphic organizer, and begin prewriting.
5. Over the next week, the students will begin writing their drafts.
6. Using the Six Traits of Personal Writing, the teacher will create minilessons and hold student-teacher conferences to help the students with their stories.
7. The students will work through the writing process, and eventually have their stories published.
Lester Laminack's Website:
For more information about Lester Laminack and his books, go to http://www.lesterlaminack.com/index.htm
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