Title of lesson: Identifying the Parts of A Story Subject: English Students level by grade: 10th Grade Standard(s) to be addressed:

RL.7.1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text Learning objectives: After a week of instruction and given an option to choose four stories from a list of a variety of stories, students will be able to identify the parts of a story for all four stories with 80% accuracy. Instructional method/model/strategy used in lesson: By allowing the students to choose what they want to read, they will be more apt to be interested in the material that is being taught. Boys will be allowed to choose something that is catered towards their thinking and girls will be able to choose stories that suit their interests. There will be different genres such as non-fiction, fiction, narratives, science-fiction, biography, historical, etc. Lesson procedures: Day 1 Introduce topic: Parts of a story Explore students knowledge Handout worksheet with the following concepts: Exposition, rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, resolution Have students work with a partner and discuss what they already know about these concepts Discuss as a class previous knowledge of these concepts Give brief definition of each concept to students Have students give examples from books or movies that they have recently read/watched Day 2: Review of concepts discussed yesterday Show Taylor Swift music video Mine as a concrete example of the parts of a story Introduce plot diagram

Use Taylor Swift video to help break down the elements of the plot for the students Have students discuss in groups of 4 specific examples from the video and where they fit on the plot diagram Assign each group a part of the diagram (ex. Exposition, climax) Draw of an example of the plot diagram on the board Have 1 student from each group write example from Taylor Swift video on the diagram After the diagram on board is completed, discuss the specific examples as a class Break down video and the different parts (When exposition is being discussed, show the exposition of the video) Reserve the last 15 minutes of class to have students give examples of short skits or music videos that they are familiar with that they feel show the parts of the plot Possible student responses: SNL skits, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, other popular singers Watch 2 videos of the classes choosing and discuss the following: Give examples of the parts of the plot If some parts are missing, what parts? Possible response: exposition Why are those parts important? Why might they be missing? Possible response: Its important because it gives the background information of the story line, may be left out of music videos time constraints Give optional assignment to identify parts of the plot in a show they would watch normally to start the class discussion tomorrow Explain the final assessment for the lesson: They will be writing a childrens story in groups of 4 that will have to include the parts of the plot and information that will be learned. More

information will be given later on but it is important to give them the assignment early on so that they can start thinking about how to apply it. Day 3 Start class discussion by asking for examples from shows watched the night before If no examples are brought up, move onto next topic Introduce next topic: Characters Introduce the 4 types of characters: flat, round, static, dynamic After definition is given for each type, have students work with a partner to come up with examples from videos already shown in class Discuss examples as a class Introduce major characters: protagonist, antagonist, foil Repeat same exercise as above Day 4 Review concepts learned thus far (parts of plot, characters) Ask students what concepts they are confused about or want more information on Move on to next topic: Types of conflict Introduce types of conflict: man v. man, man v. self, man v. society, man v. nature Give worksheet that will be graded that gives 8 different situations of conflict and have students identify what type of conflict it is Move on to next topic: Foreshadowing Give definition to class in lecture format Use short story from textbook to illustrate foreshadowing While reading have students stop and discuss which parts show foreshadowing Day 5 Hand back types of conflict worksheet and finish discussion on types of conflict

Assignment or activity: Write a paper that demonstrates your knowledge of all the parts of a story we have discussed. Pick four short stories of your choice from the list and explain where the different parts can be found. In addition to this, make sure you tell why a certain part of the book or movie demonstrates the part of a story. When parts of the story intertwine (especially the different characters) tell how they relate to one another.

Assessment of learning objective(s):

A Can Identify Different Parts All parts are there and match with the correct parts of the short stories

B Most parts are there and mostly match up but a few are still missing

C Many parts are missing from the identification and they dont really match Cannot explain why a part of the short stories represents a part of a story and does not show any understanding Parts are not related and there is no clear evidence that they have any relation

Shows Understanding of Concepts

Shows a strong understanding and can clearly explain why a part of the story fits with a part of the short story Parts are related well to one another and if one part is missing, then the other parts dont make sense

Can show basic levels of understanding but still has trouble explaining why a certain part fits Parts are related on a basic level but if separated would be able to stand on their own

Can Relate The Parts To One Another