Lesson Plan : Musical Elements of Fiction
Teacher Name: | Mrs. Shipp |
Grade: | Grade 6 |
Subject: | Literature Activities |
Topic: | Elements of fiction |
Content: | Plot,setting, character, conflict, symbol, point of view, theme |
Goals: | The learner will respond to various literary genres using interpretive and evaluative processes. Students will explore the creative and thought process of evaluating literature. |
Objectives: | The learner will study the characteristics of literary genres through exploring what impact literary elements have on meaning of the text. |
Materials: | CD Player, art paper, makers, PowerPoint (laptop, LCD projector, Smartboard) |
Introduction: | I begin by playing a popular song from my childhood that children still enjoy (Children's Story by Slick Rick). After listening to the song, we have a general discussion about what happened in the "story". |
Development: | Students are now interested in musical stories. Tell them we will be discussing the elements of fiction. I give powerpoint presentation of the elements, entertaining questions as needed. Students are encouraged to give examples of each, by using think-pair-share strategy. |
Practice: | Knowing that my class loves music, I use another song. I now play Brandy by the O'jays. We dissect this song based on the elements of fiction. |
Accommodations: | Various levels of stories, skeleton note-taking sheets for students needing help taking notes |
Checking For Understanding: | All groups report out and discussion about elements for each story happens. |
Closure: | Use the WHIP strategy. Students take turns(around the room) and share an element of fiction and an example. |
Evaluation: | Students read a short story of their choice. They list, chart, or create a thinking map of the elements of fiction as it relates to the story they chose. |
Teacher Reflections: | If you love to read and can visualize the work, while reading; this lesson will be very self satisfying. I thoroughly enjoyed sharing this with my students. |
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