|Lesson Plan ID:
Trying to Make a $1 out of 15 Cents: "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
Students will analyze historical contexts, especially political and social influences of a woman in the 1890s and make real world connections to today.
This is a College- and Career-Ready Standards showcase lesson plan.
|ELA2015(11) ||25. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. [W.11-12.7] |
|ELA2015(11) ||27. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. [W.11-12.9] |
|Primary Learning Objective(s):
Students will be able to:
- identify a character's motivation
- make a real world connection to a text based on the value of the dollar
|Additional Learning Objective(s):
|Approximate Duration of the Lesson:
|| 31 to 60 Minutes|
|Materials and Equipment:
"A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Kate Chopin, play money or index cards with a money value written on it, historical investigation handout
|Technology Resources Needed:
Computer with Internet access or web enabled devices such as a smart phone
This lesson should follow students reading "A Pair of Silk Stockings."
- (Before Lesson)- To build background knowledge, as students enter the classroom, give them $15 in play money (or an index card with $15 written on it). Students must write down how to best use the money; save it, buy something they need, or buy something they want.
- Facilitate a discussion on what they decided to do with their money and the rationale for their choices.
- (During Lesson)- Students will make a prediction on how much money they would need today to purchase the same items Mrs. Sommers purchases in the story (silk stockings, shoes, gloves, magazine, expensive lunch, and a theater ticket).
- Place students in small groups (3-4 students) to investigate the value of those same items today. Give each group one or two items to research, depending on the number of groups in the class. (about 15 minutes)
- Groups may use any device which has internet access (smartphone, iPad, laptop, or desktop computer) in order to do the investigation.
- Students will complete the graphic organizer handout connecting the historical context to evidence from the text. (about 15 minutes)
- (After the lesson)- Students will evaluate their predictions they made about the value of the dollar and compare their choices with Mrs. Sommers' choices. Facilitate a debate on the choices Mrs. Sommers makes; was she selfish or was she expressing her independence?
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Formative assessments of the graphic organizer connecting the historical context with the evidence from the text. Students should include specific references to text with a direct quote for each statement.
To extend the lesson, students may write a dialectical journal entry discussing how the quote reflects Mrs. Sommers' motivation for her choices.
For students who may need extra assistance, complete the first two items on the graphic organizer as a whole group discussion to model how to locate evidence from the text.
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for students with identified learning and/or behavior problems such as: reading
or math performance below grade level; test or classroom assignments/quizzes at
a failing level; failure to complete assignments independently; difficulty with
short-term memory, abstract concepts, staying on task, or following directions;
poor peer interaction or temper tantrums, and other learning or behavior problems.
|Presentation of Material
||Using Groups and Peers
|Assisting the Reluctant Starter
||Dealing with Inappropriate
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