Thelen - Lesson #2

Thelen - Daily Lesson Plan #2

Your Name:__Kelsey Thelen_________ Grade Level: ____5th _______ Date:____4/15/11_____

CT: ____Mr. S___________ School: _____KMS_____________

Overall lesson topic/title:
• Creating Characterization to Strengthen A Story

Grade Level Content Expectation(s):
• R.NT.05.03 analyze how characters’ traits and setting define plot, climax, the role of dialogue, and how problems are resolved.

Objective:
• Student will expand upon a character’s traits that they have created in their story in order to make the character more relatable to the reader as well as to make a more defined role in their story while we revise their rough draft during the lesson.

Materials & supplies needed:
• Pencil
• Mystery Genre Rough Draft
• Mystery Genre Story Plan

Briefly describe your target student and the learning and/or participation challenges s/he faces:
• My student in particular does not have a learning or participation challenge in this area, this is just a general struggle for most of the students as their writing styles are still in practice.

Procedures and approximate time allocated for each event


BEFORE LESSON:

• Introduction to the lesson
• To start out, we will discuss the importance of creating good characterization for the main character in the story that they are writing. Main points to go over are:
* Characterization leads to the reader connecting with the character. This is important because it creates an emotional tie between the reader and the character; that causes the reader to care what happens and to want to read on.
* Characterization strengthens your story by helping to creating a more clear and believable plot for the reader. This makes the story more interesting for the reader.

• I will ask the students about books that they have read and if they noticed the characterization the author used. I will ask them if that was important.




OUTLINE OF KEY EVENTS FOLLOWING YOUR INTRODUCTION:

• During Lesson:
• During the lesson, we will discuss ways in which they can create better characterization for the main characters in their stories.
• We will evaluate each student’s mystery story plan and create character webs for their main character.
• The character web will include the character and the main and important traits about them. Those traits will have a specific role in the story. Also included may be some of the relationships that the main character will encounter with other characters and important components with those.
• Since there are only two students, we will go over one story plan at a time and focus on one student’s story and main character at a time.
• The other student will give helpful suggestions and constructive criticism to the student who’s plan we are reviewing.

CLOSING SUMMARY FOR THE LESSON:

• Bringing Closure:
• Once we are done with the lesson, we will once again review why characterization is important.
• Key main points for that include: creating a bond for the reader and main character, gets emotions involved, makes the plot more clear and believable, and also makes the story more relatable.
• I will ask if there are any further questions and if they understood the lesson.

* Post-Assessment: To assess my students’ understanding of the lesson, I will read their finished (or revised drafts) of their mystery stories. If they created an age level appropriate characterization of their main character, they will have succeeded in the lesson’s main objective. If not, further work may have to be done to get the point across.