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Leading Group Discussion Lesson Plan

This unit focuses on analyzing how supporting characters impact the main character in the novel Speak. Students will discuss how Melinda develops over the course of the story based on her interactions and relationships with other characters. The teacher will launch a discussion about Melinda and her supporting characters using preparatory writing activities and paired discussions to scaffold ideas before bringing the full class together. Progress checks and modifications like using Jamboard for non-verbal participation will help ensure all students can engage with analyzing how characters affect each other in the story.

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Leading Group Discussion Lesson Plan

This unit focuses on analyzing how supporting characters impact the main character in the novel Speak. Students will discuss how Melinda develops over the course of the story based on her interactions and relationships with other characters. The teacher will launch a discussion about Melinda and her supporting characters using preparatory writing activities and paired discussions to scaffold ideas before bringing the full class together. Progress checks and modifications like using Jamboard for non-verbal participation will help ensure all students can engage with analyzing how characters affect each other in the story.

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Unit: Speak

Unit Overview Speak

Unit Goal Students will be able to practice reading comprehension, author’s


craft, and grammar through the reading of Speak.

Learning Goal Students will be able to analyze the affect that supporting characters
have on the main character in Speak.

Standards Met CCSS.RL.9-10: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to


support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.RL.9-10: Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with
multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a
text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop
the theme.
CCSS.RL.9-10: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and
analyze in detail its development over the course of the text,
including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific
details; provide an objective summary of the text.

HLTP(s) - Leading Group Discussion

Launch Today we will be having a discussion about Melinda and her


supporting characters and the affect they have on her life. We will
scaffold our discussion by doing some free writing and paired
discussions before we come together as a group.

Visuals Classroom Screen


Jamboard
Analogies Supporting characters are like medicine for the main character.
They all affect the main character in different ways and serve very
specific purposes.

Progress Checks -Show on a fist 1-5 how you feel about the subject
-Thumbs up or thumbs down with your confidence level
-Have students repeat back directions to me or partners
-Walking around the room to make sure that students are on task
and check if anyone needs clarification

Conclusion During this discussion, we were able to analyze how the characters
in the novel affect each other and why that matters so much. We
will continue on with our reading of Speak with an emphasis on
characters.

Anticipated Challenges - Students may not have done the reading so they cannot
accurately participate
- Students may not have alot to say or they may be feeling
shy or they do not want to participate and the discussion
falls fast

Adaptations/ Students can participate non-verbally through Jamboard to make


Modifications for sure that all students are supported and encouraged to participate.
Special Populations

Assessment N/A

Materials Jamboard
Melinda’s Characters Handouts

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