PsychologicalCriticism

http://harperlee.com/bio.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Lee

Purpose


//Describe the purpose of a series of lessons, a unit of study, an overarching point for why you are spending time on doing this work, teaching this topic.

- To look at the text of To Kill A Mockingbird using a psychological lens.//


//What exactly will students be able to do (now or at a future point in your curriculum) or to understand as a result of this lesson or series of lessons. Consider what work product will allow you to examine student learning.

- Students will be able to use the psychological lens to view a text and make connections between an author's life and the characters and events of a text. - Students will be able to make inferences about the connections and their psychological implications.

(The work product will be a chart that the students fill in as they read biographical information. It will have a block for Lee's biographical info, a block for the similarities to To Kill A Mockingbird's characters, plot, themes, etc., and a block for inferences)//


//What ideas or concepts do you need to communicate to students and how will you do that in a way that makes sense to students, that is age-appropriate, and that is connected to long-range purposes that support achievement?

-To introduce the concept of looking at a text through a lens. -To define and explain a psychological approach -Explain the psychological criticisms and assumptions of a text. -Model the process of viewing a text from a psychological lens and making connections across texts as well as finding parallels between the life of an author and their text by filling out a section of the chart with the class.//

Resources for Overt Instruction  (list no more than 4)
//Have fun and be selective. What will you use to help students understand O.I.? Two of these resources can be a primary resources that you would be valuable to you as a teacher. The other two should be resources that you might use to give students practice or to spark dialogue. Be selective. You can paste links here or videos!// refer to research on psychological criticism use information from an alternate text and author(Tennesse Williams plays) notes on analyzing a text through various lenses

Summary of Classroom Activities / Situated Practice
//Explain what students would do and why they would do it. What is the academic purpose? (Think Jago, TLA, Langer, Pace lecture) You should see a clear connection between Situated Practice/Overt Instruction and the purpose of the lesson.//

Overt Instruction during Situated Practice
//Overt Instruction includes intervention in student learning that originates in paying attention to students and to how they are developing understandings. What will you look for in the students' work or actions that will help you think of how to intervene--to challenge students to think more deeply or to assist those who are struggling?//

Student work that will be assessed  in the future that is related to this lesson
Describe the student work that will be used to evaluate the success of the lesson and to assess

Assessment Plan
Explain in detail how you will evaluate student work. What is the difference between an A and a C, for example.

Accommodations/Modifications
Intervening with Overt Instruction during Situated Practice is one aspect of accommodation that is relevant to __**all**__ students. Describe at least two different types of accommodations that you will consider for this lesson.