Lesson plans 05/15

Course/ Subject/Unit: Pre Ap Literature/Composition

Date of Instruction: 05/15/23

ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise

ELAGSE9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.)

Learning Target:

1. Identify and interpret telling details in setting.

2. Explain the function of specific words in a novel’s setting. 

Success Criteria:

1. Highlighting texts

2. Creating setting webs

3. Writing analytical paragraphs 

Activities & Assignments

PP: FFW 

We will begin with a game of Geoguessr! We will try to find our way and guess a random location on the map. This will hone our senses and get us ready for a discussion of setting. 

We will review the opening of Animal farm and look for red flag phrases that will give us insight into where we are and how this world operates. From there, we will read the first four paragraphs of animal farm aloud and think carefully about the emotions the setting conveys. 

Students will split into groups to identify the most poignant emotions in the setting and highlight sections that evoke strong responses.