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Jihan Latimer's Teacher Lesson Overview

Plan Part 1

PA Core Standard
CC.1.2.11-12D
Evaluate an author's point of view, or how the purpose shapes the Pride & Prejudice text. Use the Jane Austen's portrait to assist.

Big Idea
How can this portrait of Jane Austen reveal point of view, and how purpose can shape the text, "Pride & Prejudice."

Essential Question
How does the portrait of Jane Austen correlate with the Pride & Prejudice point of view?

Enduring Understandings
How can a portrait determine the point of view, using facial expressions, pose, clothing, hairstyle, objects, scale from portrait to text?

Students will use the elements of portrayal from Jane Austen's Portrait and Pride and Prejudice text, to discover point of view: facial expressions, pose, clothing, hairstyle, objects, scale from Jane Austen's Portrait to determine point of view from both portrait and text.

Materials:
Pride & Prejudice, Graphic Organizers, KWL charts, journals

Vocabulary:
Point of View: Subject, or people in the portrait and text.

Guided Practice
Students will work in groups to analyze the Jane Austen portrait, using Graphic Organizers, KWL charts to determine Jane Austen's Point of View.

Check for Understanding
Reading Portraiture Guide for Educators
- 30 Second Look
Students will look at a portrait for 30 seconds to describe setting and point of view.

Independent Practice
Students are to use the elements of Portrayal: facial expressions, pose, clothing, hairstyle, objects, scale from portrait and text.

Differentiated Instruction
1. Why was the Jane Austen portrait painted by Jihan Latimer?
2. What does the portrait say about the 19th century?


What is the visible story in Pride & Prejudice?
What is the human story in Pride & Prejudice?
What is the World Story in Pride & Prejudice?

See-Think-Womder
1. What do you see in the portrait?
2. What do you think about what you see?
3. What do you wonder about this portrait, and how can you you wonder about this portrait?