**Lesson Plan: Characterization and Style**
**Grade Level**: Senior Secondary 2 (SS2)
**Subject**: Literature in English
**Lesson Duration**: 1 hour
**Topic**: Characterization and Style in Literature
**Learning Objectives**:
1. Students will be able to define characterization in literature.
2. Students will be able to identify different techniques used by authors to develop characters.
3. Students will be able to define and recognize various writing styles.
4. Students will analyze how characterization and style contribute to the overall narrative of a text.
**Materials Needed**:
- Copies of selected literary texts or excerpts (e.g., novels, short stories, plays)
- Whiteboard and markers
- Projector and laptop (optional)
- Handouts with definitions and examples
- Character and Style Analysis Worksheet
- Notebooks and pens
**Lesson Structure**:
1. **Introduction (10 minutes)**
- Greet the students and take attendance.
- Introduce the topic of the lesson: Characterization and Style.
- Briefly explain the importance of characterization and style in literature and how they affect the reading experience.
2. **Direct Instruction (15 minutes)**
- **Characterization**:
- Define characterization: the process by which the author reveals the personality of a character.
- Discuss types of characterization: direct and indirect.
- Direct characterization: The author explicitly describes the character.
- Indirect characterization: The character’s personality is revealed through their actions, speech, thoughts, appearance, and other characters’ reactions.
- Provide examples from well-known texts or short excerpts.
- **Style**:
- Define style: the way an author uses words, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement within the text.
- Discuss elements of style: diction, syntax, tone, and mood.
- Provide examples that illustrate different styles (e.g., formal vs. informal, poetic vs. straightforward).
3. **Guided Practice (15 minutes)**
- Divide the class into small groups and give each group a short literary excerpt.
- Ask each group to identify examples of characterization and elements of the author's style in the excerpt.
- Provide the Character and Style Analysis Worksheet to help guide their analysis.
- Circulate among the groups to offer assistance and answer any questions.
4. **Class Discussion (10 minutes)**
- Bring the class back together and have each group briefly present their findings.
- Discuss how the methods of characterization and elements of style identified by the groups contribute to the overall narrative.
- Encourage students to compare and contrast different authors' approaches to characterization and style.
5. **Independent Practice (5 minutes)**
- Give students a short in-class writing assignment where they describe a character using both direct and indirect characterization.
- Ask them to write a few sentences in two different styles (e.g., formal and informal) on a provided topic.
6. **Conclusion (5 minutes)**
- Recap the main points of the lesson: types of characterization, elements of style, and their impact on literature.
- Ask a few students to share their independent writing.
- Assign homework: Read a selected text and prepare a brief analysis focusing on the author's use of characterization and style.
**Assessment**:
- Participation during group activities and class discussions.
- Completion of Character and Style Analysis Worksheet.
- In-class writing assignment.
- Homework analysis for the next lesson.
**Homework**:
- Read a selected text and prepare a brief analysis focusing on the author's use of characterization and style, to be discussed in the next class.
**Teacher's Notes**:
- Adapt the lesson based on the students' prior knowledge and reading levels.
- Consider using multimedia resources as examples to illustrate various styles and characterization.
- Provide additional support for students who may struggle with analysis or may need more help understanding the concepts.