Mr.+Dessonville's+Lesson+Plan


 * **THE SAMARITAN - short story, moral message, point of view, pronouns**

BASIC INFORMATION || Students learn the importance of point of view || 1. Rewrite the thoughts and dialogues of one of the Aliens using 1st person from his perspective in a few paragraphs 2. Draw a storyboard/comic strip/illustrations of the Aliens’s story leading up to and including the events we read 3. Write a few journal entries of one or more characters that take place before, during, and/or after what we read. ||
 * Summary: || Using Richard Harper's "The Samaritan" to review pronouns and illustrate the importance of character point of view and moral message of a short story. Writing an original POV of a character in the story. ||
 * Grade/Level: || 7 ||
 * Time Frame: || One class period, 85 minutes ||
 * Subject(s): || Language Arts (English) ||
 * Topic(s): || Short Story, Moral Message, Point of View, Pronouns ||
 * Notes: ||  ||
 * STANDARDS AND LEARNING OBJECTIVE ||
 * Standards: ||  ||
 * Lesson Objective(s): || Students learn the conventions of a short story, allusions, and the role of a moral message in a story.
 * ASSESSMENT ||
 * Formative/Summative Assessments: || Lesson Project due at end of class, or potentially the next day or two. Choose from one of three:

A. What is science-fiction vs. fantasy? - genre elements, including moral messages (3-5 min) (examples on //The Samaritan// Power Point) B. What are pronouns? (Pronoun Power Point slide) (3-5 min) C. Point of view (POV) review on POV Power Point (3-5 min) A. Pop-corn reading (or 1 paragraph per person, down rows) (25 min) B. Reflecting/Discussing while we read? (only if time will allow)- summarizing sections, asking: Why did he do this? Why do you think they feel that? A. Think – write about if the captain made the right choice and why; 1 to 2 paragraphs (2-4 min) B. Pair – with a partner explain what you each wrote and why - notice what you had in common and what was different (2-4 min) C. Share – with the class, each group states what they thought and why, and what they had that was similar and different from their partner (10-15 min, 1-2 min per group) A. What would you have done if you were the captain? The aliens? The crew? B. What is similar and/or different about these different points of view? C. What are the moral messages? - Do they have to do with fate? charity? sacrifice? D. Do the moral messages change with the shift in perspective? – hope? loyalty? salvation?
 * ACTIVITIES AND MATERIALS ||
 * __I. Intro/Prepare__**
 * __II. Reading__**
 * __III. Reflect__**
 * __IV. Discuss (8-10 min)__**

ASSIGN P.O.V. PROJECT AND LET THEM WORK ON IT FOR REMAINING TIME. DUE AT THE END OF CLASS OR NEXT DAY