Student Audience: Incoming Tenth Grade English students
Teacher Audience: Tenth Grade English Students
Purpose: To inform and analyze
Invention Materials: "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, Computer access, newspaper, Picture of characters from "The Lottery" (fictional or not), paper, pen/pencil
Unit Plan:
Step 1:
Pre-write - What would you do if you won the lottery? Be sure to respond in a minimum of six complete sentences.
Step 2:
Video Clip from True Hollywood Story (THS) of past lottery winners.
Continue pre-write - How has your opinion of winning the lottery changed?
Step 3:
Review and discuss literary devices: Plot, Setting, Theme and Characterization (direct and indirect)
Step 4:
Read "The Lottery" in class out loud as a class; pointing out components of literary devices as present throughout the story. Intertwine check for understanding with teacher prompted questions.
Step 5:
Reflection of story and pre-write. Discuss changes the students may have and their thoughts about the story.
Step 6:
Review of literary elements and application to the story.
Step 7:
Homework assignment: Bring in an obituary from your local newspaper.
Step 8:
Discussion: What is an obituary?
Make sure to discuss the key components and characteristics of an obituary. What is in an obituary? How is a person "characterized" through their obituary? By reading an obituary what do we learn about the individual? What is the tone of the obituary? What is the effects of the obituary?
Step 8:
Choose a character from "The Lottery" and brainstorm a characterization of them for an obituary. The student needs to have a minimum of four direct characterizations and four indirect characterizations.
Step 9:
Create an obituary for the choosen character using the given rubric as a guide.
Criteria: Typed, picture of their character, name, elements of the obituary
Step 10:
Peer Review - Identify things that are strong in the obituary; what is missing? What can help the student in revising their obituary?
Step 11:
Self Review - Create a Venn-diagram of the character obituary and the obituary that was brought in from the newspaper.
Step 12:
Teacher Review - Highlight strong points in the obituary; Circle lacking areas that can be changed.
Step 13:
Student finalizes his/her obituary and turns in for final grade.
LETTER TO PARENTS
Dear Parents, August 6, 2009
As you all know during your student’s sophomore year of high school, the FCAT writing comes into perspective as a component for your student’s graduation requirements. As a sophomore English teacher, it is my job to implore multiple attempts in the writing process and to introduce the different genres of writing to my students. In doing so, I am requiring a writing assignment in my class that not only emphasizes the use and understanding of literary devices, but also challenges the students to adapt to the different writing genre’s and perform at a proficient level.
This week in class I will be asking students to gather research information to aid them in writing an obituary. The research inform students to the research aspect of writing and guide them step by step in the writing process of using evidence to support their ideas. In addition, it also allows students to explore the different methods to one approach. After analyzing the obituaries, students will create their own obituary based on a character story “The Lottery”, which will then develop application skills needed for the writing process.
I want my students to have the opportunity to approach writing in all directions, and I believe that this project will not only be enjoyable to them, but will also develop core developmental skills in writing for the FCAT. Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions or concerns. Thank you in advance for all of your support and cooperation in guiding your student to a successful future.
Sincerely,
As you all know during your student’s sophomore year of high school, the FCAT writing comes into perspective as a component for your student’s graduation requirements. As a sophomore English teacher, it is my job to implore multiple attempts in the writing process and to introduce the different genres of writing to my students. In doing so, I am requiring a writing assignment in my class that not only emphasizes the use and understanding of literary devices, but also challenges the students to adapt to the different writing genre’s and perform at a proficient level.
This week in class I will be asking students to gather research information to aid them in writing an obituary. The research inform students to the research aspect of writing and guide them step by step in the writing process of using evidence to support their ideas. In addition, it also allows students to explore the different methods to one approach. After analyzing the obituaries, students will create their own obituary based on a character story “The Lottery”, which will then develop application skills needed for the writing process.
I want my students to have the opportunity to approach writing in all directions, and I believe that this project will not only be enjoyable to them, but will also develop core developmental skills in writing for the FCAT. Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions or concerns. Thank you in advance for all of your support and cooperation in guiding your student to a successful future.
Sincerely,
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