Lesson Plan 2.6 - Themes That Matter
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Overall Expectations |
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1. Reading for Meaning: students read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning; 2. Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning; 3. Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently; 4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading. 5. Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes; |
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Specific Expectations |
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READING: 1.3 identify the most important ideas and supporting details in texts; 1.5 extend understanding of texts by making rich and increasingly insightful connections between the ideas in them and personal knowledge, experience, and insights. |
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Learning Skills (Where applicable): |
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In-depth reading and systematic annotating will assist students as the texts read become more complex. |
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Learning Goals |
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By the end of this unit you will be able to (1) Approach a short story with confidence and be able to analyze it for characterization, (2) Approach a short story with confidence and be able to analyze it for theme(s), (3) Approach a short story with confidence and be able to analyze it for figurative language and literary devices. Update: Review Requirements and Expectations for Assignment #3 The Swimmer; Building of Success Criteria Update: Independent/Partner Working Time on Assignment 3; teacher feedback and suggestions |
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By the end of this lesson you will have successfully demonstrated your ability to apply your knowledge of characterization and figurative language expressed through the author's diction to write a concise personal response to a short story and express its meaning to you. |
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Materials and Resources |
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Walking on Water by Janette Turner Hospital The Swimmer by John Cheever Short Story Analysis PPTX Five Facts About Fiction PPTX |
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Lesson |
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5 |
TODAY'S ICEBREAKER Done Tell us about one activity which you spend a significant amount of time on outside of class. |
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INTRODUCTION VIDEO. Done Review Character analysis using the Short Story Analysis PPTX as preparation for the OF Learning Unit Test in Lesson #7
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Short Quiz: (AS Learning). 1 mark per answer Done 5 QUESTIONS TRUE OR FALSE |
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Video Lecture #1 Done Walking on Water by Janette Turner Hospital. Begin oral reading by teacher. Setting: Time (Winter) and Place (Out on the Ice) – foreshadowing, character revelations – Mother as Archetype – Going on a Journey [1 or 2 story types] – conflict mother/VERSUS/child POV: 3rd Person limited omniscient (mother and son James) |
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Activity #1 Continue reading where teacher left off in the story Walking on Water by Janette Turner Hospital. Read starting with paragraph on page 3, “James had invented a private term for the ways things were: penalty shot time.” Analyze the characterization of James the 15 year-old son. Make Character Notes: short quotes and what they say about James’s character. Read only up to the middle of page 4 when the narrator returns to the family on the ice. The paragraph begins “In the restaurant on the island, they drank hot chocolate …” The teacher will read the remainder of the story in the next lecture. |
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Video Lecture #2 Done Teacher resumes reading “In the restaurant on the island, they drank hot chocolate …” and completes the story analysis with questions about theme . Next activity is metacognition. Explain the meaning. Answer with the 5Ws Who, What, Where, When, Why. |
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Activity #2 Consider some family rituals that have been or are part of your own life. In your Journal write a description of who, what, where, when and why initiated these rituals. Are they cultural, such as New Year’s celebrations, or personal such as annual camping trips, going fishing as a family? |
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Video Lecture #3. Done Summation of the Unit using Five Facts About Fiction PPTX |
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Activity #3: Write two summative paragraphs (each of 80 -100 words) to answer each the following two questions: (1) What insights have you gained about short stories from this Unit's texts? What ideas in this Unit challenged your understanding of the short story? (2) How will the insights and knowledge you gained about reading fiction change the way you read texts in the future? |
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Students share there responses to Activity #3 and raise any questions that require clarity. |
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Assignment AS Learning / Homework |
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Prepare for Lesson #7 OF LEARNING ASSESSMENT which will be based on The Swimmer by John Cheever. Done |
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Please answer a few short reflection questions based on Lesson #6 on the Exit Card on the Moodle Course Page |
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Assessment Strategies Check all that apply (Teacher may modify the list) |
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For Learning |
As Learning |
Of Learning |
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Student product:
Observation:
Conversation: X Student teacher conferences X Small group discussions |
Student product:
X Homework □ Self-analysis sheet □ Peer-analysis sheet Observation: Whole class discussions Group discussions Conversation: X Student teacher conferences X Small group discussions
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Student product:
Observation: □ Student-led discussion/debate
Conversation: □ Student teacher conferences □ Question and answer session |
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Lesson Tools Check all that apply (Teacher may modify the list) |
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Direct Instruction □ Structured overview □Lecture □ Compare & contrast □ Socratic method □ Demonstrations |
Indirect Instruction □ Problem solving □ Case studies (short stories) □ Reading for meaning □ Inquiry □ Reflective discussion □ Writing to inform □ Concept formation □ Concept mapping □ Concept attainment |
Instructional Skills □Explaining □Demonstrating □Questioning |
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Interactive Instruction □ PowerPoint □Video clip □ Debates □ Role playing □Brainstorming □ Peer partner □ Learning/analysis □ Discussion □ Laboratory groups □ Cooperative learning □ Groups □ Jigsaw □ Problem solving □ Conferencing |
Independent Study □Essays □ Computer assisted □ instruction □ Journals □ Learning logs □ Reports □ Learning activity packages □ Correspondence lessons □ Learning contracts □ Homework □ Research projects □ Assigned questions □ Learning centers |
Experiential Learning □ Field trips □ Conducting □ Experiments □ Simulations □ Games □ Story telling □ Focused imaging □ Field observations □ Role-playing □ Model building □ Surveys □ Case studies |
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