Miss Lyons

Eng 7

Lesson 11

Where the Wild Things Are

Objectives.

In this lesson

1. Students will hear a reading of “Where the Wild Things Are”

2. students will create their own monsters

3. Students will write a paragraph characterizing their monster

Understandings.

At the end of this lesson students will be able to

1. write a paragraph from the first or third person characterizing their

monster

2. Illustrate their monster

Assessment.

Student achievement and understanding will be checked

1. Class participation

2. Effort

3. Characterizing paragraph

Instructional Approach.

1. Journal

5 minutes

2. Read story

15 minutes

3. Discuss story

5 minutes

4. Postage stamps
 Remainder of class

HW: Finish postage stamps

Skills to be emphasized.

1. creative writing

2. listening skills

MA Frameworks:

Standard 12: Fiction

Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structure and
elements of fiction and provide evidence from the text to support their
understanding.
• Analyze the connections among setting, characterization, conflict,
plot, and/or theme.
• Analyze characters’ personality traits, motivations, and interactions
with others and give supporting evidence from their words, actions,
or thoughts.
• Analyze the ways characters change or interact with others over
time and give supporting evidence from the text.