Lesson Plan: Voice: How it Changes a Story

Margaret Nye
# of Days
Prior Knowledge
Lesson
Objective(s)

Lesson
Assessment
Standards

15 minute lesson plan

Average word comprehension, Understanding of
historical references, Understanding of societal
norms, Knowing what a literary voice is.
SWBAT identify the speaker in the song and create
an opinion of that speakers interpretation and an
importance to that interpretation.
SWBAT defend their thoughts through class
discussion.
Participation and written statements In the Hat
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as
they are used in the text, including gurative and
connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative
impact of specic word choices on meaning and
tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time
and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
Analyze a case in which grasping point of view
requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a
text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm,
irony, or understatement).

Materials
Needed
Time
5.5
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1
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Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama,

or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play
or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each
version interprets the source text. (Include at least
one play by Shakespeare and one play by an
American dramatist.)
My computer (playing the song) over the audio
system in the room, paper, writing utensils.

Learning Task
Hearing the story

Methods or Procedures
Listen to song (Ill Be Here)

Recall story and answer

the main question

Write on a piece of paper your

answer to this question: What
did you notice or think about the
speakers voice, or in other
words, her style, her character,
or her interpretation, of the

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Out of a Hat
Questioning and
Discussion

story?
Put the responses in a hat and I
will read them out loud and
inquire about them to the class
as a whole, asking students who
wrote the ones drawn to back up
their answers and engage
discussion.
Potential Additional Questions:
What was it about?
What are you feeling?
What are you thinking?
Why do you think you are
thinking and feeling that way?
How did the voice of the actress
change the way you heard the
story?
What if you had read the story
instead of listened to it?
Do you think the fact that the
story was told by a woman made
a difference to its telling?