Week 3 Lesson Plans (include project or activity, objective, task, format)

Goals for the week: Students will brainstorm to find topics for their narratives. They
will also read examples to see what makes a good narrative,
Resources needed: Chapter 16: Plot from Mooring Against the Tide: Writing Fiction
and Poetry, Non Linear Narratives: The Ultimate in Time Travel, What I Did in My
Christmas Holidays. By Sally Sparrow, Blink, paper, pen, blue books
Vocabulary students will need: Draft, point-of-view, dialogue, CRAP principles, plot,
narrative, flashback, flash forward
Monday and Wednesday, 1/26 & 1/28(Conferences)
Objectives for Conferences: Students will be able to complete a guided brainstorming session to
come up with topics for their narratives.
Tuesday 1/27 (Classroom)
Objectives for today: SWBAT argue and explain their ideas about the readings in class
discussion. Students will also be able to practice their composition skills.
Activities:
Large group: Discussion of the chapter on plot. What sort of plot will your narratives have?
How will you handle shifts in time, including flashbacks? Remember the guidelines we
discussed before. As usual, I expect two questions from each of you.
Small groups: Worst narratives: You invent a time machine and decide to take it for a spin.
Come up with the worst narrative possible. It should have none of the characteristic features
from the book!
For Thursday: What I Did in My Christmas Holidays. By Sally Sparrow (B)
Thursday, 1/29 (Computer Lab)
Objectives for today: SWBAT start practicing visual rhetorical analysis with the images in the
story. Students will also assess the drawings for CRAP principles.
Discussion: How does the plot work in this narrative? How does time travel alter the story?
What effect does the addition of images have upon your reading?
--Introduce CRAP principles and the use of color in movies.
For Friday: Non Linear Narratives: The Ultimate in Time Travel (B)
Friday, 1/30 (Classroom)
Objectives for today: Students will be able to assess how successful the writer and director
structure the plot of the story. They will also analyze the way video components and actors
alter the way a story is told (scaffolding for their theater reviews & PSA filming).
Activities:
Framing: Explain what were watching. Mention key concepts (storytelling in film vs. on
paper) from the reading. Tell them to pay attention to the decisions the director makes for
the shots, color, lighting, even the actors and actresses.

 Viewing: Blink
Discussiondigest what we saw
Blog assignment: What uses of CRAP principles did you recognize? What did you think of
the narrative structure of the piece? Could you follow it? Why or why not?
For Tuesday: