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Sample Lesson Plan Escape To Last Man Peak Lesson Plans (Grades 7 9)
Sample Lesson Plan Escape To Last Man Peak Lesson Plans (Grades 7 9)
Attainment Target: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
(15 minutes)
Overall Evaluation of
Lesson:
Sample Lesson Plan:
Attainment Target: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Previous Knowledge: Students would have read chapters 1-2 of the novel.
The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal
thoughts and feelings, and what he or she sees and is told by other
characters. He can’t tell us thoughts of other characters.
Elements of Setting
✓ Place
✓ Time
✓ Climate
✓ Atmosphere (mood)
Introduction/Engagement: The teacher will allow students to work individually to sequence the
(10 minutes) following events to show how they occur in the chapter.
(Exploration/ Extension/ Students will be guided to reviewing the elements of prose (SEE
Explanation) Elements of Literature PowerPoint). Students will review the
elements of prose and make the necessary notes.
Discussion questions:
Chapter 1
1. Name the narrator.
2. Describe the setting in Chapter 1.
3. List the characters in the chapter:
• State their ages
• Gender
• Relationship to each other
• State each character’s role in the chapter.
4. What happened to Mrs Brown? How are the children
impacted by this?
5. Why do the children decide to leave Sunshine Home? How
did they decide where to go?
Chapter 2
a. Matron’s death
c. The Sickness
2. Read and list at least five major events from chapters 3-4.
Overall Evaluation of
Lesson:
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Name: ___________________________________________________
Grade: ____________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________________________________
Teacher: ____________________________________________________
Chapter 2
1. Trace the route Teacher Mack told the children to take. (10 marks)
2. How many parishes will the children pass through in order to get to Falmouth?
(1 mark)
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3. Identify TWO (2) ways in which Teacher Mack helps the children.
(2 marks)
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4. Why do you think Teacher Mack tells the children to avoid the Rio Cobre?
(1 mark)
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(3 marks)
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6. Identify TWO (2) qualities you see coming out in Wuss Wuss. (page 35)
(2 marks)
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7. What is the correct name of the virus that is making people ill? (1 mark)
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TOTAL MARKS = 20
Sample Lesson Plan:
Attainment Target: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
• Types of Conflict
o Man vs Man
o Man vs himself
o Man vs Nature
o Man vs Society
Introduction/Engagement: The teacher will ask students in their literature groups to:
(15 minutes)
Pretend that you are reporter for the Pandemic Times
Newspaper. In your group look at your headline and select at
least three facts from chapters 1-2 that are linked to your
headline. Use these facts to create a two-minute news story.
Lesson Development: Students will make their presentations in class. Students will
peer review their classmates’ presentations.
(Exploration/ Extension/
Explanation) Students will be guided to reviewing plot/sequence of events.
Then, students will listen to the question and only write the
scrambled words. Students will then be asked to unscramble
the words using information from what they have read.
5. Why do you think Teacher Mack did not tell the kids
about the news bulletin?
Students will include one major event that took place at each
location.
Overall Evaluation of
Lesson:
Sample Lesson Plan:
Subject: English Literature
Grades: 7-9
Time: 70 minutes
Topic: Escape to Last Man Peak by Jean D’Costa
Sub-topic: Theme – Chapters 5-6
Attainment Target: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Introduction/Engagement: Students will review and present their chapters 1-4 timeline
(10 minutes) showing one major event starting from Sunrise Home and
ending at Mount Diablo. Students can use a map of Jamaica
as a guide.
Lesson Development: Students will discuss the major events from chapters 5 and
6 through the use of questioning:
(Exploration/ Extension/
Explanation) 1. Where are the children in chapter 5?
2. Pretend you are ONE of the children, explain your
thoughts and feelings throughout this chapter.
(40 minutes)
3. What do you think MOST impacted your overall
wellbeing?
4. In chapter 6, where do the children find refuge?
5. What is the importance/significance of the letter
found in the Fitzgerald home?
6. How did this letter impact the children?
7. What event stood out to you in both chapters? Why?
• Childhood experiences
• Heroism
• Death
• Friendship
Experiences
Students will then explain why using evidence from the bar
graph they have created.
• Responsible
• Intelligence
• Wisdom
• Bravery
Overall Evaluation of
Lesson:
Sample Lesson Plan:
Attainment Target: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Introduction/Engagement:
(15 minutes) The teacher will show extracts from a video to the class based on
Rastafarianism (SEE RESOURCES).
Lesson Development: Following this, the teacher will ask students to discuss the
presentation of Rastafarianism in chapter 6.
(Exploration/ Extension/
Explanation) Students will be guided to reviewing the difference between
direct and indirect characterization.
(35 minutes) The teacher will share extracts from chapters 6 and 7 in which
characters (Isaiah the Prophet/Mr Jarrett/Mrs Jarrett) are
presented. Through the analysis of these extracts; students will
be asked to identify if these characters are presented using
direct or indirect characterization. This will be discussed in class.
Draw a picture showing Isaiah and write a poem based on the
Evaluation: interaction between Isaiah and the children.
Attainment Target: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Content: Narrative Techniques are the devices the author uses to convey his
overall message.
Point of View
This refers to the perspective from which the story is being told. This
perspective can be a first- person point of view or a third person
limited or omniscient point of view.
Introduction/Engagement: Students will play their group recording of chapters 9-10 breakdown.
(10 minutes) Students will then be directed to using the recording as a form of
discussing the chapters under review.
Lesson Development: The teacher will guide students through discussing and analysing
narrative techniques by using a mini-PowerPoint presentation (SEE
(Exploration/ Extension/ Hodder Prose Presentation).
Explanation)
Students will be guided in identifying selected narrative techniques
from the text.
(40 minutes)
Students will then outline how the selected narrative techniques
assisted the presentation of selected themes.
Overall Evaluation of
Lesson:
Sample Lesson Plan:
Attainment Target: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Content: Setting:
• The setting is the environment in which the story
takes place.
Introduction/Engagement:
(10 minutes) Students will review the previous chapter through physical or
virtual ball toss. Students will be randomly selected to state
the various events of the previous chapter.
Lesson Development:
Students will read extracts of chapter 11 and discuss the
(Exploration/ Extension/ events of the chapter.
Explanation)
Students will review the setting of Last Man Peak through the
discussion of:
(40 minutes) • Physical Environment
• Weather
• Atmosphere
Overall Evaluation of
Lesson: