Lesson Plan
Date: Class 3: Wednesday, February 6th
Class Information
Today’s Special Words:
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Setting
Poignant
Course: Lit 203 Introduction to Literature
9:00-9:55
10:00-10:55
11:00-11:55
∙In-class Business:
∙Working on Character Sketches:
∙ The Importance of Setting in
Literature: In-class discussion of
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3.
Sign attendance sheet
Turn-in Journal Page
Turn-in Plot Map of individually
selected short story.
1. Students will begin by brainstorming
their invented character’s traits (using the
Characterization Chart). (Handout) A copy
of this brainstorming page is due before
they leave class.
setting: place and time in story writing.
Discussion includes reading: The Last
Match by Jack London together in class
to experience the poignant effects of
setting in that short story.
2. They will then create a character sketch
Writing Activities:
∙Completing Student Response Papers:
1. Journal Page turned in.
2. Class notes.
2. Students worked on their response
papers in class. (Due: at beginning of
4th class, Feb. 13th)
3. Students began Character Sketches
by using Characterization Chart to
brainstorm their character’s traits and
then used these traits to write a
character sketch, following the method
demonstrated in class last week. (To be
turned-in at end of 4th class, Feb. 13th).
Students will use this class time to work on
their “5 paragraph response papers” about
the short story that they selected and read.
(Due at the beginning of 4th class: Feb. 13th.)
about their character. They can discuss any
problems or questions that they have about
this assignment with the instructor at this
time.
∙Written Assignments:
1. Prepare a Journal Page to turn-in at
the beginning of next class.
2. Finish Response Paper for beginning
of next class, Feb. 13th. Be sure to
include Title Page.
3. Finish Character Sketch to turn in
next class.
∙Reading Assignments: Students will
continue to read and think about the
four chapters already assigned.