Week 4 Assignment 2


Grammar Gorillas lesson plan:



Grade level: 3^rd Grade


Common Core Standards:  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1.a Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.


Learning Outcomes: The students should be able to identify the different parts of speech and point out each of their functions. They should be able to identify these parts of speech through reading, speaking, and in their own writing.


Instructional Activities: Students will play the game to build their grammar skills and knowledge on their parts of speech. This game will build their overall language acquisition both oral and written through repetition and reinforcement. 


Assessment: The teacher will give a small introductory quiz before the students play the game and again after they are finished. The teacher will then assess each student’s results on their knowledge of grammar and parts of speech to see how much the game benefited them. This assessment can be created online and given through the computers directly after the game or give a traditional written test. 


Debriefing: The teacher will print out the scores and results of each student and they each will be assigned a partner. The students will talk about and reflect on their own work as well as each other’s. The students will compare answers and be prompted subconsciously to consider the differences in their work. 


Cognitive skills: This game develops sustained attention over the period of time needed for the lesson. This also gives students discipline in memorization of the key parts of speech that are important to understand.


New Literacies: The new literacies cultivated in Grammar Gorillas are the internet and digital video. Both of these new literacies are involved in making the game fun, interactive and educational for the students.