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MonsterLessonPlan#2
Subject:English
Topic:Changes
Objectivesandstandards(standardsinparenthesis):
1. SWBATcreatetheirowncreativewritingpiecebasedoffofatextthattheydraw
connectionsfrom(3.1)
Purpose:
Thislessonaimstohavestudentsusecreativewritingtocomposetheirownoriginalpiece
throughtheirinteractionwithmedia.Studentswillberequiredtocreatetheirownoriginal
composition(lyrics)thatcanserveasathemesong(orpoem)totheircreativemovieproject.
Studentswillinteractwithmusicmediaasaninfluencetocreatetheirownoriginalpieceusing
languagethattheymostidentifywith.
Procedures:
Introduction:(5min)
Studentswillbeginwitha5minutewritingassignment.Thetopicis:Whatdoyoulookforina
themesong?Doesithavetohavethesamethemeasthemovieorbookyouarewatchingor
reading?Oncestudentshavecompletedtheirwriting,wecontinuewiththelesson.
Development:
ChangesandDiscussion(15min)
Asweareprogressingthroughthisunit,partoftheprojectwillrequirestudentstocreate
theirownthemesongthatgoesalongwiththeirmoviecreation.Thesongwillhave
similarthemesasdiscussedinthetextthatthestudentshaveread.
Priortostudentscreatingtheirownsongs,IwillplayChangesbyTupac,whichIfeel
closelyidentifieswithHermonslifeinprison.Iwillplaythesongforthestudentsand
afterwardswewillhaveadiscussion:
a. Whatdidyoulikeaboutthissong?
b. Whatwerethelyricssaying?
c. Howdoesthelanguageshapetheunderstandingofthesong?
d. Whatdidntyoulikeaboutthesong?
e. Wasitdifficulttounderstand?
f. Doyoulikethesingersstyle?Whyorwhynot?
SongLink:(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUvjE7zRylQ)
2. RelatelyricstoText(30min)
Afterstudentshavelistenedtothelyricsofthesonghavehadadiscussion,wewilltalk
abouthowthelyricscanbeappliedtothetext.Toanswerthesequestions,studentswill
needtogetcreativeinntheirresponses,becausetheywillonlybeallowedtouseTwitter

toanswertheirquestionsandtheyMUSTuse(#MonsterChanges).Studentsshouldbe
abletoanswerthefollowingquestions:
a. Howdothelyricsapplytothetext?
b. Whatimagesdoyouvisualizeinthetextanddoyouseethesame
visualizationinthelyrics?
c. Whatdoesthetextremindyouofthatyouheardinthesong?
d. Whatthemesareevidentinbothsongandtext?
e. Howwouldyoucomparethestylesofthesetwoauthors(textandlyrics)in
termsofcraftandstyle?
f. Howdoesthelanguageinthetextworkwiththelanguagefromthesong?
3. CreativeWritingRelatingTexttoSelf(30min)
ForthisactivityIwillaskstudentstowritetheirownsongversethatmimicsthestyleof
eithertheirfavoritesongwriterORWalterDeanMyers.Theselyricsshouldbeinspired
bytheircreativemoviecharacterandwillbeusedinthecreationoftheirmovie(personal
detailstobeincluded).Inadditiontowritingthreeverses(67lineseach),students
shouldwriteaparagraphexplaininghowtheverserelatestothemandexplainhowit
relatestothewritingstyleoftheauthortheyhave.
**Okstudents,nowwearecomingtothepartinthelessoninwhichwewilluseour
creativemindsandputthemtoworkagaintoaddtoanotherpartofourculminating
projectforthisunit.AfterwehavelistenedtoasongthatIfeelcanbeusedasatheme
songforMonster,Iwantyoualltoworkwithyourgroupssothatcanbegintoworkon
creatingyourOWNthemesongtoyourshortfilm.Rememberthatthissongcanbeas
creativeasyouwantjustrememberitshouldhaveatleast3verseswith67linesper
verse.Yourlyricsshouldbecreatedaroundathemethatyouareaddressinginyourshort
film,whichmeansitshouldrelateinsomewaytoMonster.Youareencouragedtouse
thestyleofoneofyourfavoritesongwritersorartists,butarealsofreetobranchoutto
doyourown.
Closing(10min)
StudentswillbeaskedtosketchoutaplanofactionusingWordPressfortheirscriptfortheir
shortmovie.UsingWordPress,eachgroupwillberequiredtocomeupwithasynopsisofwhat
theirshortfilmwillbeaboutandwhattheywilladdress.Studentswillusethissynopsisasthey
moveforwardincreatingtheirscriptfortheproject.
Materials:
MonsterbyWalterDeanMyers
Songlyrics
Evaluation:
Studentswillbegivengradesbasedonparticipationandversewriting.
Accommodations
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keepasteadyflowwithher.Forthesongdiscussion,Imayconsidercallingonhertolead
discussionaswellashelpotherstudentswhensheisdonewithherlyrics.Davidsonsaystolet
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teachersaid)sothatshestillfeelschallenged.