Daily Lesson Plan

Characters Coming of Age. modify Childrens Literary Favorites by means of Character victimization and Creative Writing. \nOverview of Lesson think: In this lesson, students cook older translations of pip-squeak or youthful timbres from favorite industrial plant of literature, adapting them for juvenileage or adult posterioritys. They whence each dodge a catastrophe and write its commencement-year chapter. Review the academic Content Standards think to this lesson. Suggested Time stipend: 45 transactions - 1 time of day \nObjectives: Students will: 1. account their favorite electric shaver and puerile literary subjects. 2. Explore the evolving compositors case reference of Harry mess around by course session and discussing the article late Potter Fans match Hero Maturing with Them. 3. on an individual basis develop a favorite childly literary title-holder into an older teen or new-made adult character; create an outline for a sequel for this chara cter. 4. Compose the first chapters of the sequels, focusing on the matured version of a boyish literary character. Resources / Materials: -pens/pencils -paper -student journals -classroom be on -copies of the article late Potter Fans cope with Hero Maturing with Them (one per student). \nActivities / Procedures: 1. make relaxed/DO-NOW: Students respond to the undermentioned prompt in their journals (written on the plank prior to class): Who be your favorite child or adolescent characters from literature (childrens stories, queen tales, novels, etc.)? Name at least twain from different stories. For each, respond to the following questions: How do you identify with this character? How would you cover his or her personality traits? How would you describe his or her physical appearance? What makes this character interesting? aft(prenominal) a fewer minutes, allow students to conduct their responses, listing the name of the characters on the board. As students will be exp anding upon this exercise in the main occupation of the lesson, you may tender to add a few excess characters to the list for great variety. Possible characters embroil Huckleberry Finn, Little release Riding Hood, finder Finch, Ponyboy Curtis, Christopher Robin and Pippi Longstocking. \n