Writing

Lesson 40: Becoming the Apprentice (Draft a Process Document)

50 min

California CCSS: Focus Standards

ELD Standards

Student Lesson

Student Learning Objectives

Content

Students will draft a process document that explains the steps of learning or making a craft, including at least four sequential steps, two relevant visuals with captions, and cause–effect connectors that clarify why steps matter.

Language

Students will explain a process clearly in writing by using sequential language and cause–effect connectors and by linking visuals to text with captions and precise references.

Essential Question

How does art connect people to their history and community?

Connections to

Knowledge-Building:

Mentorship and practice develop skills and connect individuals to the community and heritage.

Enduring Understanding:

Through practice and mentorship, people turn skill into voice and work into art.

Future Lessons:

In Lesson 41, students revise and publish their explanatory essays and process documents. In Lesson 42, students present their work during a Gallery of Learning activity.

Unit Performance Task:

This lesson has students draft a process document that shows the steps of learning or making a craft.

Lesson Pacing

Lesson Flow	Purpose of Learning Experience
Launch5 Minutes	Students will use the Think-Pair-Share routine to describe the steps of a process they know well and to identify processes they have learned about during the unit.
Literacy Lab10 Minutes	Students will revisit how to write a process document and evaluate what makes a process document successful.
Learning in Action30 Minutes	Learning in Action: Drafting a Process Document(W.6.4) Students will draft a process document explaining how to make or learn a craft or art form.