Teacher: Kevin Middleton

Grade Level: 7

Unit Topic: Night: Holocaust and Inequality

Lesson Topic: Allegory, Day 1

Time Frame to Complete Lesson: 3 days

Stage 1 Desired Results

Common Core Learning Standard(s) Addressed: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 Initiate and
participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse
partners on grades 7-8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly and
persuasively. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details,
and well-structured event sequences. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3.a Engage and orient the reader by setting out
a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or
characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3.b Use narrative
techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events,
and/or characters. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3.c Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they
build on one another to create a coherent whole.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3.d Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a
vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3.e Provide a
conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the
narrative

Learning Objective(s): Students will be able

to develop an understanding of Allegory

WWBAT: Identify allegories within stories and

narratives?

Stage 2 Learning Plan (w/ Explicit Differentiation, Groupings & Modifications)

Learning Activities/Instructional Strategies:
Blooms
Verbs

Do now: What makes a great story? 5 mins

(We will go into how Allegory is one of the main literary devices in
making a story great. Allegories use the power of metaphor as well
as the power of narrative simultaneously. Allegories highlight themes
or teach a lesson symbolically. In simpler terms, an allegory is a
metaphor to simplify a complicated concept.)
Vocabulary:
Beadle: an official who serves a ceremonial function
Jew: a member of a community whose traditional religion is judaism
Shtibl: a house of prayer for jews
Exile: expelling a person from their homeland.
Kabbalah: receiving tradition
Talmud: an essential text in judaism
Formative assessment - (25 mins) In the previous lesson we read
Night by Elie Wiesel. The students will watch Dr. Seuss The Lorax
to identify the allegorical relationship between the video clip and the
book. The Lorax is 25:13 seconds long. While the video is playing
the students will answer critical questions as a form of assessment.
Formative Discussions - (15 mins) After watching The Lorax,
students will then work together in pairs to work on the assignment,
A Night with The Lorax Students will link the similarities of the

Knowledge:
Arrange, check,
identify, list,
locate, match,
group, state
Comprehension:
Calculate, define,
explain, interpret,
outline, paraphrase
Application:
Apply, change,
choose, solve,
relate, utilize,
illustrate, modify,
demonstrate
Analysis:
Examine, appraise,
diagram, test,
categorize,
separate, contrast
Synthesis:
Combine, develop,
formulate, revise,
rearrange,
summarize
Evaluation:
Appraise, argue,
assess, describe,
predict, rate, value

characters between The Lorax and Night. Students will support their
reasoning by looking in the book and providing examples and page
numbers.
Differentiation
This lesson tackles students of various learning styles.
Visual- Students are able to view through the technique of allegory.
Discussion- Students are able to grow through conversation and the
sharing of ideas.

Learning Extension (Homework):

For homework, students will complete a compare and contrast Venn Diagram of The Lorax and
Night using the notes and discussions theyve had in class.