Lesson Plan for Standard 4

English Literature Class using Synectics

The Fruitcake Special

by Frank Brennan

Created by: Carolina Melendez & Siti Khadijah Binti Abdul Wahab

Lesson Plan

Teacher:
Class
Date
Time

LESSON PLAN
Miss Siti Kadijah/ Miss Melendez
Standard 4 (40 Students)
1st April 2010 (Thursday)
7:30 am- 8.40 am (2 periods/70 minutes)

Subject

English Literature

Topic
Sub Topic

Literary texts (Short Stories) The Fruit Cake Special

Character analysis
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Analyze the characters in the story.
2. Identify and interpret interactions and relationships with one another.
3. Produce a writing piece in response to the story.
Work sheet with graphic organizers for Character Analysis
Paper for final writing piece
Power Point Presentation to gain attention at the beginning
Overhead Projector
Information Processing Family of Models- Synectics

Learning
Outcomes
Materials

Model of
Teaching

Verbal/Linguistic
Multiple
Intelligences

Musical
Interpersonal

Blooms
Taxonomy

Reading
Strategies

Naturalistic
Knowledge

Bodily/Kinesthetic

Intrapersonal
Spiritual
Comprehension

X
X

Application

Analysis

Evaluation

Synthesis

Predicting/ Revising

Visualizing

Connect text-text

Connect text-self

Spatial Pattering

Inferencing

Critical Questioning
Assessment Diagnostic
and
Evaluati Summative
on
Strategi Checklist
es
Group Presentations
Conferencing
Homework

Logical/Mathematical

X
Formative
Peer/ Self Assessment
Log/Journal

Oral Questioning

Other__________________

Worksheet activity for one of the characters: Amos, Momma, Aunt Mimi, Sabina

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CONTENT

TEACHERS ACTIVITY

Set Induction

Introduction to
the topic

1. Teacher present students a

power point presentation with
quick facts and statistics about
marriage age in Malaysia to gain
their attention.

(10 minutes)

INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
Teaching Aids:

Power Point
Presentation

Teacher asks students about

a) what might have cause such a
trend
2.

b)

(10 minutes)

Stretching
exercise
(optional).

in their opinion, when would

they get married and why do
they choose to respond that
way

Teacher starts with a stretching

exercise
a) Ask students to choose, for
example food that they love to
eat. For each, ask them to
compare it to another object
and state why.

Teaching Aids:

White board and

markers.

b) Ask students to be an object,

a concept or an event. Ask
them to put themselves in the
shoes of that particular
object, a concept or an event
and say how it feels.
c) Juxtapose two conflicting
qualities of an object, a living
thing, a concept, or a manmade or natural phenomenon.
Ask students to give their
opinions about such
compressed conflicts.
Worksheet 1
(40 minutes)

Character
analysis
procedure

Teacher goes through the process Teaching Aids:

of coming up with the character
Worksheet 1/Graphic
analysis of Anna by going through
Organizers
the procedure below.
revise with students their
previous reading of the short
story

a)

distribute the graphic

organizer/worksheet 1to students
b)

by giving evidence from the

story, ask students to describe
c)

Describe

situation

Anna base on the following subtopics:

- physical description
- what do others say about the
character
- feelings
- actions
From the information gathered,
ask students to suggest some
direct analogy from the animal
world that can describe Anna.
d)

Exploring
direct
analogies

e) Discuss students suggestions

and find a consensus among
them on the best direct analogy
for Anna.
f) Ask students to imagine being
that animal and allow them to
explore by asking them to:
Exploring
personal
analogies

sympathize with the subject

by imagining that it has
human feelings.
relate to the subject
emotionally and subjectively
mobilize the physical and
psychological tensions of the
subject
apply factors of repetition and
progression
move subject to a new
environment and adapt it to a
different frame of reference
move subject out of its normal
environment
transfer subject to a different
time-zone, social or
geographical setting.
Teacher write students
respond on the white board.

Exploring
compressed
conflicts

g) Base on the notes on the

whiteboard, discuss with students
- which 2 opposite words could
they pair up together and
produce an integration of both
qualities.
- ask students to connect
different sensory modes
- ask them to fantasize surreal,
preposterous, outlandish,
bizarre thoughts

Explore
another direct
analogy from
the
compressed
conflicts

h) Base on the discussion above,

ask students to come up with
another direct analogy that best
describes the compressed
conflicts
i) Discuss students suggestions
and find a consensus among
them on the best direct analogy
for Anna. State why they choose
that analogy.
j) Teacher continues to
reexamine the analogies to help
students write an essay at the
end of the worksheet to explicate
their understanding of the
interactions and relationships
between Anna and the other
characters.

Closure
(5 minutes)
Homework

Enrichment
Exercise
(1 week)

Summary of
the lesson

Teacher asks students to

summarize what they have learnt
in the class today.

Worksheet 2

Base on the process of coming up

with Annas character, students
are to try to work on another
character, i.e. David Amos by
themselves first, before discussing
them in the following class.
Instruct students to work on
journal writing.
If you were Anna, what are you
going to do the moment you
realize that the fruit cake perfume
is special? You may change the
way the story is told and ended.
Students are to write their story in
about 500 words.

Teaching Aids:

Writing Journal

Worksheets

Title: ________________________

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Character: ___________________________________________________

Physical Description
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What Do Others Say About The Character

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Feelings_________________________
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Putting Yourself in the Shoes of Others

Which animal can best describe her?

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Why?
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Actions
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You have chosen the ________________ as the best analogy to describe Anna in worksheet 1.
Now, you be that animal. Fantasise how does it feel to be it? What are some of the negative and
positive qualities it possesses? Write phrases or words associated with the animal.
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Two Juxtaposing Ideas

From the exercise above, pick two conflicting words. Think of another closest example of these
two combined ideas? Why do you choose that particular example?
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Write an essay of why did Anna have a change of heart about the pizza delivery boy?

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Title: ________________________

Author:_______________________

Character: ___________________________________________________

Physical Description
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What Do Others Say About The Character

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Feelings_________________________
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What type of machine can you compare him to?

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Why?
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Actions
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Putting Yourself in the Shoes of Others

You have chosen the ________________ as the best analogy to describe Anna in worksheet 1.
Now, you be that machine. Fantasise how does it feel to be it? What are some of the negative
and positive qualities it possesses? Write phrases or words associated with the machine.
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Two Juxtaposing Ideas

From the exercise above, pick two conflicting words. Think of another closest example of these
two combined ideas? Why do you choose that particular example?
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Describe the character of David Amos when he is not spell-bound by the Fruit Cake Special.
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