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Ma. Alejandra G. and Noel B. Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan Title: Character

Concept / Topic To Teach: Character in Greek Tragedy

General Goal(s): for students to learn about the second most important concept in the Greek Tragedy.

Specific Objectives: 1). Students will reflect on their favorite characters in order to focus attention on character. 2). Students will learn about Aristotle's theory of character through lecture, note-taking, and informal discussion and by wikispaces. 3). Students will work independently to show their knowledge about the topic through writing. 4). Students will apply their knowledge to participate in a game. 5). Students will decide how character affects their own life. Required Materials: White board, markers, paper, pen, note cards.

Anticipatory Set (Lead-In): -Who’s your favorite character: book, movie, tv show List them and asked them why?

Step-By-Step Procedures: -start explaining the concepts of characters · First characters fortune · Pity and fear · Hamartia · Peripeteia · Anagnorisis · Tragic Irony · 6 Characteristics · Thought And asking questions to the students Plan for Independent Practice: -One paragraph of one of the topics that we have taught.

· <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Characters Fortune · <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Pity and Fear · <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Hamartia · <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Peripeteia · <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Anagnorisis · <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Tragic Irony · <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">3 first characteristics of character · <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">3 last characteristics of character <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set): <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Choose a side by saying a fact or statement and each student goes to the side they think they should go and see if they got it. · <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Questions · <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Another word for Tragic Flaw · <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Given possibilities or circumstances <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Choose a side Characters Fortune, Hamartia, Peripeteia, Anagnorisis. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Questions: <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Reflection: <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Ask them a final question out loud. Everybody anwsers. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> Would you like to be an ancient hero why? Why not? Explain. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">

Adaptations (For Students with Learning Disabilities): <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">For second language student with dyslexia and problems having organizing their ideas in writing or they can say it orally to see if they learned.

Extensions (For Gifted Students): · <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Write the Latin origin or meaning of these words · Analyze how the character traits are represented by famous characters in Disney movies. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Possible Connections to Other Subjects: <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> Connection to one of the favorite characters in their novel and why they think these is their best character. <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">