Date: _Class 2:_Wednesday, January 30th
Class Information
Special Words used Today:
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5 paragraph essay
Character sketch
Response paper
Plot
Exposition
Climax
Resolution
This Class’s In-class Writing Activities:
1. Students took Class notes.
2. Students turned-in today’s journal
page and started journal page for next
week.
3. Each student created a Brainstorming Page of his or her responses to
their individually selected short story.
(And, turned-in a copy at the end of this
class)
4. After the discussion of plot as an
element of story writing, each student
began to identify the elements in the
plot of their individually selected short
story, using a blank plot map. (Due next
class.)
Lesson Plan
Course: Lit 203 Introduction to Literature
9:00-9:55
10:00-10:55
11:00-11:55
∙In-class Business:
∙Short Story Elements: In-class
discussion of the Elements found in
fiction writing. (Handout)
∙Exploring Plot as an element of
Story Writing:
1. Sign attendance sheet
2. Turn-in Journal Page
3. Turn-in Characterization Chart
∙Creation of a Response Paper:
∙ In-class Demonstration: Using the “5
paragraph essay format” to build a response
paper out of the class’s brain-stormed
responses to A Rose for Emily. (Handout)
∙Exploring Character Sketches:
∙Writing a Response Paper for your
individually selected Short Story:
1. Each student will use Brain-storming to
collect his or her responses to the Short
Story they individually selected and read. (A
copy of their brain-storming page is due at
the end of this class.) (Handout)
2. Then, Students will use the “5 paragraph
essay format” to organize their brainstormed responses into a 5 paragraph
response paper. (This will be turned in at
the beginning of the 4th class, Feb.13th
accompanied by a Title Page.) (Handout)
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In-class look at example character
sketches. (Handout)
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In-class demonstration of using the
Characterization Chart as brainstorming tool to develop a
character. (Handout)
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In-class Demonstration: Writing a
Character Sketch about a character
that you have invented.
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In-class examination of the
element of Plot in the story:
Cinderella. (Handout)
2.
Assignment: using a blank plot
map (Handout), fill-in the plot
line of the short story that you
selected. This will be due at the
beginning of next class (Feb.
6th).
∙Written Assignments:
1. Prepare Journal page to turn-in at
beginning of next class, Feb. 6th.
2. Finish Plot Map for the short story you
chose. (Due next class, Feb. 6th)
3. Continue work on Response Paper for
the short story you chose. (Due Class 4,
Feb. 13th).
∙Reading Assignments:
a. Chapter 5: Setting
b. Chapter 8: Theme