Lesson Plans: Creative: Actual Presentation

Rafael Jimenez
Beatrice Chavez

TITLE:
Creative Writing using themes from One Hundred Years of Solitude

OVERVIEW:
The student will develop his or her creative writing skills while learning and discussing the themes of OHYoS.

PURPOSE:
To practice putting thoughts unto paper.

OBJECTIVE:
Students will be able to discuss the themes form OHYoS in detail.

RESOURCES/MATERIALS:
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Pen and Paper

ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:
Have students sit in their assigned desks.
Instruct them to clear their desks and take out a sheet of paper and a pen.
I will then ask and lead a discussion about the themes present in the book.
Students will then be instructed to choose one of the themes discussed or a theme they can justify.
The assignment will then be explained.

ASSESMENT:Write a poem of a minimum of 13 lines in the time allotted (15 minutes) to be presented to the class.
Students will then be allowed to volunteer- those that are not able to present will turn in their poems and present them to the class the next day.
If time allows, students will be able to offer constructive criticism to each other.

RUBRIC FOR THIS LESSON HAS BEEN TURNED IN