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    This document provides guidance for a lesson analyzing the development of conflict in the short story "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. It instructs teachers to have students identify the major conflicts in the story, categorize them as internal vs. external and more specifically as man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, or man vs. self. Students will then work in groups to map out how one of the conflicts develops throughout the story using a plot diagram. They will present their analysis to the class. For homework, students are asked to identify which conflict best qualifies as the central conflict and explain their reasoning in a paragraph.

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    This document provides guidance for a lesson analyzing the development of conflict in the short story "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. It instructs teachers to have students identify the major conflicts in the story, categorize them as internal vs. external and more specifically as man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, or man vs. self. Students will then work in groups to map out how one of the conflicts develops throughout the story using a plot diagram. They will present their analysis to the class. For homework, students are asked to identify which conflict best qualifies as the central conflict and explain their reasoning in a paragraph.

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    This document provides guidance for a lesson analyzing the development of conflict in the short story "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. It instructs teachers to have students identify the major conflicts in the story, categorize them as internal vs. external and more specifically as man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, or man vs. self. Students will then work in groups to map out how one of the conflicts develops throughout the story using a plot diagram. They will present their analysis to the class. For homework, students are asked to identify which conflict best qualifies as the central conflict and explain their reasoning in a paragraph.

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    The Pearl - Conflict Lesson Plan

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    The Pearl: Multiple Critical Perspectives – Day 15

    Focus Question: How does conflict emerge, develop and become resolved in The
    Pearl?

    CCSS RL11-12. 3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to
    develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the
    action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed). (ppt slide 1)

    Text: Steinbeck, J. The Pearl (1945) Viking Penguin, NY NY


    Handout/Organizer on conflict (download separately)
    There is a partner Powerpoint available for this lesson

    Write Now: Without consulting with anyone else, write down what you believe is
    the most important conflict in The Pearl. (ppt. slide 1)

    IO: Having read the story and created a plot diagram on the wall, we will now add to
    our plot map, the major conflicts and their development. These will be added to the
    chart below the plot map. Students will understand how the different types of
    conflict develop through the story, aligning the conflict development with the
    development of plot. (RL11-12.3) ppt slide 2

    Seating: Triads. Each triad has at least one stronger reader/writer as considered
    through NYSESLAT results. Since yesterday was an Islamic holy day (Eid) and
    attendance was way off, we will need to recap on the plot map.

    Collect homework. Collect Tuesday’s homework, and return Friday’s (there was
    no school Monday).

    Procedure:

    1. Teacher elicits responses to the write now assignment and lists them on the
    board.

    2. Teacher then goes into a brief interactive mini-lesson on conflict. Firstly, internal
    vs external conflict. Then external as man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs society 3.
    Man vs. self. (use the ppt slides) ppt slide 3

    Now – how do your ideas work with these categories. Can we add in yours?

    3. How do your ideas fit into these categories? Add student ideas to slide 4, and
    encourage them to think further on how the other categories may be addressed.
    Explain that a particular work may not include all types of conflict. There are also a
    few less common types of conflict that don’t fit neatly into these categories, such as
    man vs fate and man vs technology. Also add that one of these may dominate in a
    particular story – we call this the central conflict. A central conflict is typically
    initiated by the inciting incident (aka narrative hook) and builds towards the climax,
    where the conflict finally comes to a head, with resolution telling you how
    everything worked out in the end. (ppt slide 4)

    4. Model the process of completing the organizer with one of the conflicts.

    5. Each group will take one of the major conflicts and show how it develops through
    the story. Man vs Man, Man vs Nature, Man vs Society, Man vs self

    Each group will work with a plot diagram to add in their conflict development.
    When they feel they have ‘got it’, teacher checks. Any areas of confusion are
    addressed and straightened out. Then to construction paper strips, and the
    elements are added across the map.

    5. Presentations - teams present their conflict developments to the class.

    Voila!

    Student organizers are collected on exit as measures of student understanding and


    any gaps that may exist.

    Homework. Which of the conflicts in The Pearl, do you think best qualifies as the
    central conflict? Why? Write your response in a well-developed paragraph.

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