Lesson Plan

Intensities in the Classroom

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Everyone learns and experiences life differently. A set of lessons about character intensities encourages middle and high schoolers to analyze themselves, their peers, and characters from a book based on the five listed intensities: psychomotor, intellectual, imaginational, emotional, and sensual.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Use each lesson as its own activity, or bring the entire unit to a literary analysis lesson
  • Have pairs brainstorm character attributes and share with their peers
  • Project the grid onto a whiteboard for a class discussion 
Classroom Considerations
  • The lesson is designed for gifted learners, but would work for mainstream classes with some modifications
Pros
  • Provides a list of potential enhancement activities for additional disciplines and cross-curricular assignments
  • Encourages both self-reflection and character analysis
  • Includes a link to an explanatory slideshow about intensities
Cons
  • None