Date: 11/22/19 Teacher’s Name: Luigi Carolini

Subject: English Language Arts Grade level: 9

Class Setting: Departmental Length of lesson: 45 minutes

Central Focus: The purpose of my learning segment is to interpret and analyze theme. The
students will learn what theme is and how to analyze the theme of short stories. These
lessons will also serve as a building black to critical thinking of the grammatical elements
of short stories.

Lesson Title: Finding and Analyzing the theme of short stories

For Unit Plan/Learning Segment, 1 out of 3

Essential Question(s): What is theme?

Learning Standards: RL.9-10.2: Determine a theme or a central idea a text and analyze in de-
tail it’s development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and re-
fined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text

RI.9-10.1.a: Develop factual, interpretive, and evaluative questions for

further exploration of the topics

Learning Objectives: Assessments: Students will be given an

• Exit Ticket for the end of class. In this Exit
Ticket, students will give an example of
theme and how they came to that conclu-
sion. They will be given the last 15 minutes
of class to do this and turn it in to me as
they exit the classroom.

Procedure:

Anticipatory Set: In the beginning of class I will have a picture of a few texts that the
students are familiar with such as, Harry Potter, star wars, and other popular movie franchises on
the screen. This will draw their attention in immediately as they are curious how I will address
these texts into the lesson for the day (Slide 1).

Initial Phase
1. Ask students, What is the underlying message that the creator had of “The Lion King” (let
students answer)
2. What is theme? Define the dictionary definition of theme. (Slide 3)
3. Describe the difference between Plot and Theme and as a class ask, “What is the plot of
the Three Little Pigs?” “What is the theme in your words?” (Slide 4)
4. List some popular examples in media of themes that a student could recognize (Slide 5)
5. Have students give their own examples of theme. Make sure that each student can give a
valid claim as to why they believe this is a prominent theme (Slide 7)
6. Show short video showing theme. (Slide 8) If the video doesn’t work search theme brain
pop on YouTube.

Middle Phase
• Guided Practice: Students will be take notes based on the powerpoint presenta-
tion I will be presenting during class. In order to understand student learning in
this section of class, I will ask questions throughout the lesson to check the stu-
dent’s understandings. This will ensure they are following along with the lesson. .
• Independent Practice: At the end of the class, students will be told to check their
email, I will send out an email with the story along with questions attached. Stu-
dents will need to break down the theme of each text and explain how the theme
emerges in the text. This will be turned in the next day as a homework assign-
ment.

Concluding Phase
• I will conclude the lesson by explaining the homework assignment and asking if
anyone has any questions before they leave.

Materials: Powerpoint presentation, and “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe

References and Resources:

Grade 9 English Language Arts. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.engageny.org/re-
source/grade-9-ela-module-2-unit-2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RecVd-6g-IY&t=5s