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Lesson
Description
of Learners
Intended
Learning
Goals
Students should be able to identify and successfully use the five elements of
a short story:
o Plot
o Character
o Conflict
o Theme
o Setting
Lesson
Content
The teacher will show a video clip of a educational rap about the five
elements
The teacher will read a story to the students for about eight minutes.
The teacher and the students together will identifying the five elements of
the story we read
Students will write their own short story and share with a partner
Short quiz on matching the 5 elements
Learning
Objectives
Standards
Given the description of the five elements in the educational Youtube rap
video, students will be able to identify what the five elements and what they
are from the story we read together.
Given the short story the teacher has read, the students will be able to
identify the five elements and summarize them within two to three
sentences.
Given the previously learned elements, students will be able to successfully
match the descriptions of the elements to their terms.
Given the assistance of the informational video and the class discussion
work, the students will be able to write a short story using the five elements
within ten minutes.
Listening and Speaking
o ELL I-V
The students will
express orally his or her own thinking and ideas
(ELL-L&S-1)
Writing
o ELL I
Procedures
Reading
o ELL I
Required
Materials
The teacher will need a projector and internet access in the classroom.
The teacher will need a whiteboard.
The teacher will need to have a short story book.
The lesson will need standard classroom materials (paper, pencil,
highlighters, etc.) are required.
At the end there is a matching quiz is required.
Explanation
o Show the students an informational video on the 5 elements of a
story
https://www.flocabulary.com/fivethings/
o After the video the teacher will review and explain again to the
students to make sure they understand the concept of all five
concepts
Demonstration
o The teacher will read a short story to the students.
o Following, the teacher should have the students identify the five key
elements in the aforementioned story and write them on the
whiteboard and explain why they are what they are.
Individual
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Group
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Assessment
References
Reference
Materials
Have the students take a matching quiz over the 5 elements on their
own
Next have the students write their own short stories.
When the student is done with their stories, have them trade with
another student.
The partner student will then highlight the five elements in the story
as they read reading it.
The students will turn in the stories to the teacher that they wrote and grade
the stories to make sure that they included all the five elements of a short
story.
The students will individually complete a matching quiz to show they can
match each element with its description.
Donald, F., & Richards, J. (1996). Teacher Decision Making in the Adult ESL
Classroom. Teacher Learning in Language Teaching (pp. 197-216).
Cambridge, United Kingdom: The Press Syndicate of the University of
Cambridge.
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=bMzxRKupZUC&oi=fnd&pg=PA109&dq=first+time+teaching+english+experie
nce&ots=qUCx0eAvOP&sig=Iy6awelzcPE2JoD70JZq0JfZdow#v=onepag
e&q&f=false
3.) _________________-the time and place in which it happens. Authors often use
descriptions of landscape, scenery, buildings, seasons or weather to provide a strong
sense of setting.
4.) _________________-is the central idea or belief in a short story.
5.) _________________-a struggle between two people or things in a short story. The main
character is usually on one side.
Now write your own short story with a partner and highlight the five elements of the story.
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