Sabrina+White-+Lesson+Plan

Rationale: Students will be able to gain a better understanding of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter by making connections from their own life and the novel.

Objectives: Students will be able to describe their public and private life with their friends, family, and acquaintances. Students will e able to infer the feelings or emotions of particular characters, like Hester Prim, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth.

Standards: writing standard 1.2 & 1.3, wriitten and oral language conventions 1.1 & 1.2, reading comprehension 2.5 Content: A. Slang versus Standard English 1. What is Slang? (Define) I. Where is slang most commonly used with? (Private: friends, extended family, etc) 2. What is Standard English? (Define) I. In what context or circumstance is Standard English most commonly used? (Public: school) A. Circumstances B. Audience

Instructional Activities: 1. Begin by set induction: collage of multiple faces. 2. Slide two: Restate objective 3. Slide Three: What is slang? 4. Slide four: Define slang 5. Slide six: The origins of slang 6. Slide seven: In what context is slang commonly used? (Verbally ask) 7. Slide seven: Circumstances and individuals who use slang 8. Slide eight: Continue circumstances and individuals who use slang 9. Slide nine: Examples of slang 10. Slide ten: What is Standard English? (Verbally ask) 11. Slide eleven: Define Standard English 12. Slide twelve: Where is Standard English used? (Verbally ask) 13. Slide Thirteen: Define the circumstances where Standard English is used (work, church, Etc) 14. Students write an eight to ten sentence paragraph describing how you act with your friends, family, and associates. 15. Distribute pre-selected anonymous names of students who are friends with other students in the class. Inform students that they will not to write down their names on a sheet of paper. Ask students to write down __two__ adjectives that describe the person whose name is on the paper and __two__ reasons why they choose to write those adjectives. 16. Have students four the sheet of paper into fours and place it in a hat. 17. Distribute the papers to the respective students. Have students __two__ paragraph containing at least eight to ten sentences answering these questions: Do you think the adjectives and reasons that the anonymous person wrote reflect who you are? Did you know that you were projecting such an image? Do you think Hester Prim knew she was projecting such an image? 18. Homework: distribute graphic organizers. Students will repeat the exercise or interview their primary caregivers, __two__ friends, and one associate, where they will ask the respect persons to describe them and provide reasons. 19. Close by restating the objectives 20. Evaluate by asking four people in every corner of the room what they learned or wrote.

Time allotted: 50minutes

Materials: Power point, Graphic organizer, journal

Students with disabilities: None

Hester is seen as a charitable person because she helps cloth the poor. || People say that I have a soft voice. || I think I am a very loud person. ||
 * Hester’s Public life (examples from the text) || My Public life (what other’s say about me) || My perceived Public life (the image I think I project) ||
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