Lesson 06: What Makes a Villain?

• Unit: Horror and Villains
• Duration: 1 hour

• Cycle: 3
• Topic: ELA

To be creative in developing a new villain.

• Cross-Curricular

COMPETENCY 7 • TO CONTRUCT HIS/HER IDENTITY

• Subject Areas

COMPETENCY 2 • TO WRITE SELF-EXPRESSIVE, NARRATIVE AND INFORMATION-BASED TEXTS

COMPETENCY 4 • TO USE LANGUAGE TO COMMUNICATE AND LEARN

• Essential Knowledges

TALK FOR LEARNING AND THINKING

Blank white paper.

Larger black construction paper.

Colouring materials.

Development

Goals

3. To develop appropriate teaching/learning situations.

4. To pilot teaching/learning situations.

5. To evaluate student progress in learning the subject content and mastering the related competencies.

6. To plan, organize and supervise a class in such a way as to promote students’ learning and social development.

12. To demonstrate ethical and responsible professional behavior in the performance of his or her duties.

OUTLINE

TIME

ACTIVITY

Introduction

(30 min)

What is a villain?

What makes a villain?

What are the characteristics of a villain?

What are the motives of a villain?

How can you recognize a villain?

This discussion should be student centered. The teacher may ask guiding questions, but the answers should not be guided.

The teacher will act as moderator.

(30 min)

Assignment: Create the perfect villain.

Students will be asked to create the perfect villain. They will write a description of the physical characteristics and describe their villain. They will describe the nefarious deeds of their villain, the villain’s motives and intentions, and what drives the villain to evil-doing.

Students will draw and colour their character on a white paper, and frame it on a larger black paper.

Half a page to one page, single spaced.

Students will then describe why they chose the characteristics of their villain. They will reflect on their villain. They will chose one well known villain and compare/contrast it with their villain.

Half a page to one page, single spaced.

(2 min)

This lesson leads into Lesson 07