Sierra Nevada College

Lesson Plan
Teacher:Delainey Brooks
Unit: Of Mice and Men

Class and Level: Freshman English

Time: 95 minutes

Standard(s): RL..9-10.3
Objective(s): High cognitive demand for diverse learners
Understand characterization and apply to their jiffy person and be

Cognitive Level
3

able to characterizer a character through the physical, social,

intellectual, and emotional traits.
Assessing the learning: how will mastery be evaluated at the end of the learning?
In the final product of the Jiffy person
Key Vocabulary: terms, definitions, how they will be presented and practiced
Term
Definition
Characterization
is a literary device that is used step by step in literature to
Jiffy Person

highlight and explain the details about a character in a story.

A creative foldable for characterization

Strategy(ies) for teaching new vocabulary:

Through the use of the jiffy person and characterizing a character through describing
their physical, social, intellectual, and emotional traits.

Building Background: Connections to past learning and experience, anticipatory set

Knowing the characters of the story from Of Mice and Men
Input of new content: include Checking for understanding (formative assessment)
Processing the information (meaning-making): student discourse and other strategies,
opportunities for metacognition, 5Es (engage, explore, explain, elaborate,
extend), guided &/or independent practice; differentiation for diverse student
populations

Content (summary)

Instructional strategy

time

Meaning Making
Metacognition

Objective:
To have the students recall on a character
of their choice. In using the text pull out

Direct Instruction

character traits that include the

Short Lecture Introduction

5 Mins

characters physical, social, intellectual,

and emotional traits. These traits will be
transferred into their created jiffy
person.
10 Minutes

Background:
Open with background building questions.

Background Building

Ask students where they are and what

Discussion

character is the focusdiscuss other

minor characters.
15 Minutes

Key Vocab:

Note taking in interactive

In their vocabulary section in their

notebook

notebook, write down characterization and

Direct Instruction

the parts of characterization (Physical,

5 Minutes or

Social, intellectual, and emotional)

longer
depending on

Formative (informal):
Ask students for a thumbs up or thumbs

questions or
Informal formative assessment

down on their understanding of the

clarification
s

vocabulary and how it breaks down into

different traits

Work on jiffy traits:

Pick a character, and write down on a
separate page the selected characters

Analysis of text

30 Minutes

traits of physical, social, intellectual, and

Characterization traits

emotional. Allow for interdependence

among students in their decision making,
instead of using the instructor. Ask 3,
before me *

Formal Assessment

Construct Jiffy:

Creative aspect (differenation)

Students will follow the directions in the

20 Minutes

handout and customize their chosen

character. With their previous page of
detail on the character, fill in the Jiffy
person and make it create and make a
visual representation of what they think
their character looks like
Take pride in their work

Hang Jiffy:

10 Minutes

All Students will hang their created Jiffy

character. Each will hang it in any spot
they would like in the designated board.
Formative Assessment

5 Minutes

Closure:
In the form of discussion why

Total: 95

characterization is important.

Minutes

Closure: what is the specific task or activity

Ask students how feel that characterization is important.

* 21st century learning: Collaboration Level up. From having a almost completely solidary
activity become where they have to interdepend on one another to ask and answer
questions.