Melissa

Leider
MSSE 471

Lesson Segment I
To be taught on Wednesday, October 21

Topic: This lesson will focus on conflict. This is part of a unit on elements of a story.
Students have already learned about characters. Conflict will be introduced on
Tuesday, so the topic is still relatively new. We will focus on types of conflict man
versus man, man versus nature, man versus society, and man versus self

SOL Information: SOL 6.5 a Identify the elements of a narrative structure,
including setting, character, plot, conflict, and theme

Instructional objectives:
Students will be able to identify type of conflict given an example
Students will be able to examine conflict in their own lives
Students will be able to design a comic strip

Lesson steps:

Time Who is doing? Teacher Actions
Student Actions
1 I do Hand out Freyer Diagram sheet

5 You do alone Circulate room and answer questions Respond to conflict in my life section
4 I do Present PowerPoint slides: man
Record type onto Freyer diagram
versus man
5 We do together Ask students to think of another
All students record one of the shared
example of man versus man, call on a
examples into Freyer diagram for
few to share with class
example #1
4 I do Present PowerPoint slides: man
Record type onto Freyer diagram
versus nature
3 You do together Instruct students to work with partner With partner, come up with example of
sitting next to them
man versus nature and record
4 I do Present PowerPoint slides: man
Record type onto Freyer diagram
versus society
3 You do together Instruct students to work with person With partner, come up another example
on their other side
of man versus society and record
4 I do Present PowerPoint slides: man
Record type onto Freyer diagram
versus self
3 You do together Instruct students to work with last
With partner, come up with example of
partner (person at their table they
man versus self and record
havent worked with yet)

Closure activity:
Students look back at their personal example and label what type of conflict
Students, on their own, think of one more example of any type of conflict and
illustrate it in last box

Melissa Leider
MSSE 471



CONFLICT in my life

TYPES of conflict
1. Man versus ________________

2. Man versus ________________

3. Man versus ________________

4. Man versus ________________

What type of conflict is this?
_______________
Examples
1.

2.

3.

4.

CONFLICT
Da

Picture