Today’s Lesson Plan: English III
Today’s date: Tuesday, September 6
Unit: Opening of the year
Title of lesson: Freaks and Geeks: plot, setting, characterization, and theme
Objective: Review the concepts of plot, setting, characterization, and themes in a fictional work
Supplies needed: Freaks and Geeks sheet
Common core standards:
I can analyze the impact of an author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (such as where a story is set, how the action is ordered, or how the characters are introduced and developed). (RL: standard 3)
I can determine two or more themes or central ideas within a text and analyze their development over the course of the text (RL: standard 2)
Lesson sequence:
Teacher will:
1. Hand out Freaks and Geeks sheets, which ask the students to plot the events that take place with a character of their choosing, to list descriptions of settings, to describe three characters, and list three possible themes.
Students are to:
1. Watch the episode of Freaks and Geeks, filling in the sheet as they go.