Richard Tipton

EDU 280

12/4/17

Student Roots Literature LP

I. Grade 12, 90 Minutes

II. Subject/Skill: Reading, Writing Understanding World literature and cultural

roots in writing. NDE standard for College and Career Readiness Anchor

Standards for Reading, 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and

analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

III. Objective(s)
 Students will be able to understand literature from the cultural backgrounds of

fellow classmates.

IV. Procedures

Direct instruction: Reading to the students excerpts from classic literature

(Hamlet), and reading the translations of the same excerpts using modern

English. Students will write what they believe the proper translation of the

classic words are through using the context clues of the readings.

V. Objectives

Students will identify themes in literature that relate to their own culture, they

will than demonstrate to the class what this passage means to them culturally.

Auditory Students will be listening to short explanations from classmates on

literature
 Visual Students will be reading excerpts from texts that relate to their

cultures.

Kinesthetic Students will be able to use white board, as well as bring a

physical copy of the book with them in front of the classroom for discussions.

Students will be exploring Gardners interpersonal and intrapersonal

intelligences by exchanging views of their own literature pieces, as well as

investigating literature that appeals to their cultural background.

VI. Materials

Library access for students, 1 book per student.

VII. Learning Process

Warm up Students will listen to examples of cultural texts to provide ideas

for their own selections. (10 mins)

Students will than spend 15 minutes locating a book or textbook with a piece

that relates to them culturally (15 mins)

Students will than read through the passages and identify what stands out to

them and their personal culture. (30 mins)

Students will present a short explanation of the passage they chose and what

stands out to their personal culture. (30 mins)

 While listening to each classmates passage and explanation, students will

take notes of what stands out to them from each presentation, at least one note

for each. This will be turned in as an exit slip.

VIII. Reflection

This lesson gives students the freedom to discover themes in literature that

relate to their own culture, allowing a deeper understanding of their own

culture, while sharing that understanding with classmates. Students being

given the opportunity to examine and research literature that relates to culture

allows them to improve their own ability to analyze and explain world

literature. The biggest strength is student investigation and growth, while the

largest setback is the amount of freedom being given to the students may

cause them to take shortcuts.