Lesson Plan
Creating a "How To" Book
With this creative and imaginative lesson, teach your students to use transition words to sequence events as they write and illustrate a "How To" book.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to sequence events using transition words as they make an informative picture book.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Hook: Pantomime the making of a banana split (“I am so hungry! I’m going to make myself a banana split.”)
- Describe each step as you pantomime. From an empty paper bag, take out the invisible ingredients and with exaggerated gestures and description, “make” the banana split in front of the students (e.g. "First I’ll cut the banana and put it on the dish. I’m putting three scoops of ice cream in between the halves of banana. Now I’ll squeeze some chocolate sauce on top of the ice cream. Next I need to add some whipped cream. I’m adding some sprinkles too. Finally, I’ll put a cherry on the very top").