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Teaching Archetypes

Rachel Goodbar - English Education

The post-assessment for this mini-lesson includes


This lesson plan will introduce students to archetypes, students reevaluating themselves using the self
specifically focusing on defining archetypes and The Pre-assessment for this mini-lesson was a -assessment rubric from the pre-assessment. In
exposing students to the various types of archetypes self-assessment sticky note where students addition, the activity connecting Of Mice and Men
seen in cultures throughout the world. This lesson responded to the rubric: and archetypes is used to check for
will teach students the following types of archetypes: understanding.
situational, symbolic, and characters while providing 4 I can define, identify archetypes in literature, film,
students with examples. This lesson will end with a and specifically Of Mice and Men
short activity that will ask students to match 3 I can define, Identity archetypes in literature and
characters, settings, and symbols from their text with film, but dont see the connection to Of Mice and
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Men.
generic archetypes. From this lesson students will
2 I can define what an archetype is, but cannot give
become knowledgeable of the content but will also be
examples.
able to identify these archetypes in their assigned
1 I need help defining archetypes.
text.
0 Archetypes? Architecture? Vampires? Help!

This lesson went extremely well, students were


Students complete a beginning self-assessment
engaged and learning while applying archetypes
The classroom this mini-lesson was taught in was a sticky note on archetypes
to the movies on the presentation as well as
10th grade honors English classroom. The
Teacher defines archetypes and introduces archetypes that they have seen throughout film
demographics of this school match the demographics
of the state of Florida, being 50% White, 12% different types of archetypes: situational, symbolic, and literature. Using the self-assessment as both
Hispanic, and 29% African American, 49% male, and and characters. Teacher gives examples of each a pre and post assessment helped students judge
50% female. 10.9% of students are on Free and type. their strengths and weaknesses with archetypes.
Reduced lunch. After reviewing this lesson on a later date,
Teacher has students identify archetypes in
students retained the information and were able
common movies.
to apply it to Of Mice and Men.
Students practice using archetypes from Of Mice
LAFS.910. RL.1.3 Analyze how complex characters and Men by matching specific characters, settings,
develop over the course of a text, interact with other and symbols with the more generic archetypes.
characters, and advance the plot or develop the
Students complete an end self-assessment on
theme.
archetypes
SWBAT demonstrate understanding of the text on
three levels: factual, critical, and personal. Florida State University Schools Overview.
(n.d.). Retrieved December 04, 2016, from
SWBAT define, identify archetypes in literature and http://fsus.schoolwires.net/Page/60
in Of Mice and Men

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