SAMPLE SNIPPET LESSON PLAN TO:
The Expository Phase
Using "High Noon"
Subject: Literature/Literary Devices: Expository Phase
Ages: 12+
Length: Snippet: 15 minutes, 20 seconds; Lesson: one to two 45 - 55 minute class periods.
Overview of Lesson Plan: Students will be introduced to the essential components of the expository phase in a film and will be asked to analyze it. Responses will be discussed in class. Then students will be guided to literature and asked to provide a more formal analysis of the expository phase in a novel, play, or short story of the teacher's choice.
This lesson can be easily adapted to any movie with a fully developed and clearly defined expository phase.
Learner Outcomes/Objectives: Students will be able to recognize and understand the use of the expository phase in a work of fiction.
Rationale: The expository phase is an important element of literature and appears in most works of fiction, written or performed.
Description of the Snippet: Released in 1953, "High Noon" is one of America's most respected Western films. It illuminates the struggle of a man who resists the forces of lawlessness despite the fact that no one else will stand with him. The first 15 minutes are the expository phase of the film, containing a clear presentation of setting, characters and a complication that will keep the audience interested.
