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Lesson Plan
Writing a Flashback and Flash-Forward Story Using Movies and Texts as Models
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| Grades | 6 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Five 50-minute sessions |
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Oakwood, Illinois |
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Student Assessment/Reflections
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
Students will
- demonstrate the concept of flashback and flash-forward in a narrative writing piece.
- incorporate details, description, characterization, and transitions between flashback and flash-forward in their own writing.
Instruction & Activities
- Define flashback and flash-forward. Have students come up with examples of flashbacks and flash-forwards from books they have read and movies they have seen. If watching the video, explain why The Sandlot is considered a flashback story.
- Watch The Sandlot. (The video will take 2 1/2 class periods to show.) If using the books, begin reading aloud and showing illustrations.
- Finish up video/books. Pass out the information sheet and the checklist. Explain the activity and how it will be graded. This is a great opportunity to have students apply the checklist to the student sample papers. Begin working on the rough draft. Teachers may elect to have students use the Time Line Tool in a prewriting activity to plan out the plot of their stories.
- Peer editing. Have students use the checklist to review other students' papers.
- Begin working on final draft. Make sure students consult the information sheet to make sure the paper is structured correctly. This would also be a good time to walk around and take a look at some of the students' rough drafts to see that they have included transition into and out of their flashback, provided many details and description in their writing, and that they have some reflections in their final paragraph.
- Students complete their final draft using feedback from fellow students.
STUDENT ASSESSMENT/REFLECTIONS
- The checklist used in the peer review process can measure how well the students understand the literary devices they are attempting to use.
- The teacher-completed checklist can be used as a guide during the revision process.