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The document outlines a 45 minute lesson plan for analyzing a short story. It includes program outcomes, an overview, goals, learning objectives, guiding questions, materials, preparation details, the procedure which involves plot structure, theme and mood analysis, and a conclusion. Formative assessment is student engagement and questions, while summative assessment is a diary assignment.

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Mood and Theme - Google Docs

The document outlines a 45 minute lesson plan for analyzing a short story. It includes program outcomes, an overview, goals, learning objectives, guiding questions, materials, preparation details, the procedure which involves plot structure, theme and mood analysis, and a conclusion. Formative assessment is student engagement and questions, while summative assessment is a diary assignment.

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Date: September Course: LA Grade: 9 Length 45 minutes

of Lesson:
15 2021
 
PROGRAM OF STUDY OUTCOMES
2.1.2 Use comprehension strategies (students discuss the questions in groups and then write their own individual answers)
2.2.1 Experience various texts
2.2.2 Construct meaning from texts (Mood and Theme - discussed in class and group work)
2.2.3 Appreciate the artistry of texts (from reading the short story)
2.3.2 Understand techniques and elements (class discussion a er doing the plot grid - continued when we compare it to the
poem)
2.4.1 Generate ideas (reflective questions)

OVERVIEW OF LESSON:

● 10 minute reading

● Finish plot

● Theme

● Mood

GOAL(S) OF LESSON:

● Students understand the theme and the mood in the short story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”

 
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this lesson students will be able to...


● Find the theme and figure out the mood in a short story

INQUIRY QUESTION / GUIDING QUESTIONS:

● What are the elements of a short story?


● How can we analyze short stories in a meaningful way?
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT:

● Seating Plan ready to go


● Teacher copy of the “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” Booklet

PREPARATION AND LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS:

● Have the short youtube clip ready to play in the browser

PROCEDURE:

Introduction Time

● Seating plan 12 minutes


o Have a seating plan ready to go on the board - as students filter in, get them to
sit in their assigned desks
● 10 minutes of silent reading
o Tell the students that next weeks silent reading cannot be done on your phone
o You will need to bring an actual paper book with you or get one from here for
Monday’s class.
o If you need to write this down somewhere, then write it down!
● Schedule on the board
o Go through the schedule on the board

Body Time

Plot Structure ● Ask the students to take out their “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” 10 minutes
booklets they received (extras will be in the grade 9 bin)
o We stopped at the climax of the story
● What is the climax in the story? The climax in this story is not
obvious.
● What is the climax? - Ask students and then, after they
answer, tell them the answer
● Go through the falling action, the resolution, the antagonist
and the protagonist, and the types of conflict

Theme ● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY9AdFx0L4s 10 minutes


o Stop at 1:56
● Think, pair, share - what is the theme in the short story?
● Students answer their thoughts
● Go through the evidence for that theme
o Andies Identity vs. The Jackets Identity
▪ In your groups, discuss the differences
between Andy vs. The Jacket.
▪ What are your answers?
● In your groups, go through the text and find evidence of the
theme ‘identity’ and then we will share with the class. Each
table group will have 1 page from the text.
● Write down the theme “identity” on the board and then when
the students share, write the examples on the board.

Mood ● I will discuss one mood that I noticed in the short story: 10 minutes
● Desperation
○ Evidence from the text is on my teacher copy -
my teacher copy is inside my grade 9 binder
● Now, in your groups, I want you to find a different mood that
you noticed in the story and then collect evidence of that
mood.
○ Other examples include things like:
■ Pain
■ Loss
■ Sorrow
■ Reflection
● Each table group shares what they have discovered

Conclusion Time

● Concluding thoughts 2 minutes


o I want you to think about what some of your core perspectives are in the world
and what kind of theme you might be interested in targeting in your short story.

ASSESSMENT:

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: 
● Student engagement and questions

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT:

● Diary assignment

REFLECTION OF LESSON:

What are three things that went well?

What did not go well / felt clunky?

●
Why?

What can you do next time?

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