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Day Five/ Week One

A Rebellious Shadow

Objectives:

1.     Students will be able to reflect on the qualities of their shadow by playing the Shadow Game.

2.     Students will be able to uncover what Peter Pan’s shadow symbolizes by using a double entry journal to compare and contrast the qualities of their shadow and Peter’s shadow.

Materials:

·      Projector

·      Dark Room

·      Discovery Journals

·      Peter Pan

Strategies:

·      Shadow Game

·      Large Group Discussion

·      Read-Aloud

·      Free-writing

·      Journaling

Procedures:

1.     Have students explore the qualities of their shadow by playing the Shadow Game.

a.     Tell students that they are going to do the following with their shadows: Run away from them, walk towards them, interact with someone else’s shadow, make their shadow bigger and smaller, and try to make their shadow disappear.

b.     Turn off the lights and face projector light onto a blank wall. Make sure to move all desks and tables out of the way for students to play.

2.     Have students share what they noticed during each step of the game. Write down their answers on the double-entry journal on the whiteboard.

3.     Read aloud the section of Peter Pan where Peter loses his shadow. This can be done on their iPads and other electronic reading devices or with the book.

a.     Pick a few volunteer readers to read the characters’ lines.

4.     Have the students complete the double-entry journal in large-group discussion by sharing what was different about Peter’s shadow and their own.

5.     Pulling from what was written in the double-entry journal, discuss what the shadow might symbolize.

6.     Have each student write down what the shadow symbolizes in his discovery journal.

Evaluation:

1.     We will know that students are able to reflect on the qualities of their shadow by listening to their contributions to the double-entry journal.

2.     We will know that students are able to uncover what Peter Pan’s shadow symbolizes by checking their understanding in the double-entry journal, large group discussion, and discovery journal writings.