1. Technology acts a direct substitute, with no functional improvement
Fictional Narrative Writing
Go to Mrs. Greenwood’s Blackboard site
Go to videos button and find Sebastian’s Roller Skates
Watch the video of Sebastian’s Roller Skates
Complete Bubble Map to identify character traits for Sebastian
Turn you Bubble Map in for checking
This task uses:
Learning Objective(s): W Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
SUBSTITUTION
Technology acts a direct substitute,
with no functional improvement
Teacher notes: Load video in Blackboard site. Print & pass out Bubble Map.
Teacher’s name/ Hollie
School: Cypress Cove Elementary
Louisiana State Standard: Learning Target: W5.3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Grade Level/Subject: 5th Grade/ELA
Special Directions/Considerations:the video on my page is from Someone is reading the picture book to the students
Activity Evaluation: Observation
Prerequisites for students: Character Traits and knowledge of Blackboard.

2. a Character Analysis Using a laptop, open a Word document
Using a bulleted list – describe the main characters in Sebastian’s Roller Skates
Use the thesaurus in Word to make sure that you are using “Razzle Dazzle Words” to describe your character.
Save your document to the Desktop. Print out a hard copy of your list and turn it in.
This task uses:
Learning Objective(s): W Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
AUGMENTATION
Technology acts as a direct tool
substitute with functional improvement
TEACHER NOTES:
Teacher’s name/ Hollie Greenwood /
School: Cypress Cove Elementary
Louisiana State Standard:Learning Target: W5.3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Grade Level/Subject: 5th/ELA
Special Directions/Considerations:
Activity Evaluation: Observation
Prerequisites for students: Working knowledge of Word, it’s features and how to save to the Desktop.

3. M Story Map Review your character list with partner.
Go to
Type in the title of your story and your number with your homeroom teacher’s initials.
Using the characters that were in you rough draft from your journal entry, create a character map for each character in your story by clicking on Character map and completing thinking map.
When you are finished with each Character Map, use the Snipping Tool to snip your map. Click “File”, “Save As”, “Desktop” and name it your first name with the number of the character map. Example: Hollie1.png, because it is my first character map. Print your character map from ReadWriteThink.
Review your rough draft and character maps with your partner.
Log into Blackboard and post your character maps to the Character Maps Discussion Board. Read and respond to one other groups post.
This task uses:
Snipping Tool
Learning Objective(s): W5.3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
MODIFICATION Technology allows for a
significant task redesign.
TEACHER NOTES: Assign partners, create Character Maps Discussion Board.
Teacher’s name/ Hollie Greenwood /
School: Cypress Cove Elementary
Louisiana State Standard:Learning Target: W5.3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Grade Level/Subject: 5th/ELA
Special Directions/Considerations
Prerequisites for students: Working knowledge of technology, internet, and Snipping Tool. Student also needs to know how to access Blackboard and post in discussion boards. Journal entries.

4. R Personal Narrative This task uses:
Log into Blackboard and go to Mrs. Greenwood’s Blackboard site.
Review your story map. Choose 2 other story maps in the Story Maps Discussion Board and comment on their maps – make sure that you use constructive criticism.
Open Word and construct your rough draft in Word.
Save your rough draft as RoughDraft_homeroomteacher#
Post your rough draft to Mrs. Greenwood’s Original Narrative Discussion Board on Blackboard.
Read 2 other students’ stories from a different homeroom and post your positive/constructive comments in the discussion board.
Print a copy of your rough draft and review your rough draft and the information you received from the discussion board .
Make corrections and type your final draft.
Send your final draft to Mrs. Greenwood using SendAnywhere.com.
Staple your story maps along with your rough draft together and turn them in to your teacher.
This task uses:
Learning Objective(s): W5.3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
REDEFINITION
Technology allows for new tasks,
previously inconceivable.
TEACHER NOTES: Create “Story Maps” Discussion Board and “Original Narrative” Discussion Board.
Teacher’s name/ Hollie Greenwood /
School: Cypress Cove Elementary
Louisiana State Standard:Learning Target:W.5.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Grade Level/Subject:5th ELA
Special Directions/Considerations:
Activity Evaluation:Use ELA Rubric found on Louisiana Believes
Prerequisites for students: Working knowledge of Word, Blackboard, and SendAnywhere.com.