CCSS ELA Standards Addressed: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Objectives:
I can describe the main character’s traits in a story.
I can create a bubble map to organize the traits of the main character.
I can give one example of how the character’s actions contributed to the sequence of events in the story.
Materials needed:
Text to be read aloud: Clever Beatrice: An Upper Peninsula Conte Willey, M., & Solomon, H. M. (2001). Clever Beatrice: An Upper Peninsula conte. New York: Simon & Schuster Children's Pub. Division.
Construction Paper
Hook: Can anyone tell me what they think the term “character trait” means? (Give students a moment to think, raise hands, and attempt to explain what it is. Give feedback as they provide their answers.)
Teacher Input/Modeling: A trait is something that makes one person or thing different from another. A trait describes what someone is like or how they look. So, a character trait would describe what?... (Allow them to answer.) Character traits would describe how the character acts or feels. Let’s learn some more about character traits from this “brain pop” video. (Play video.) https://jr.brainpop.com/readingandwriting/storyelements/character/preview.weml Read Clever Beatrice: An Upper Peninsula Conte aloud to students (using Elmo document camera to project the book on the smart board). (Before reading, remind students to pay attention to the main character, Beatrice’s, character traits.) After reading, draw a bubble map on chart paper. Let student assist in providing the character traits to fill out the bubble map. When the bubble map is complete, ask students if anyone can give an example of how the character’s actions affected the events in the story. Model the development of an appropriate example and write it on the chart paper below the bubble map. CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING & ENGAGEMENT
After viewing video ask: Based on what we learned from the video, who can tell me some examples of character traits?
Independent Practice: Now it is time for all of you to try this on your own. Everyone needs to take out the book that you are currently reading independently. If you needed to get a new book today, then you may go get one from the classroom library. After reading your book, you are to create your own bubble map (on construction paper) that shows the character traits of the main character in your book. You must choose one of the character traits and give an example of how that trait had an affect on the events of the story.
Closure: Today we learned …
About character traits and how they affect the events in a story.
This information is important because…
It helps us understand the story when we are able to understand the characters.
It helps us understand how our own actions (or traits) can affect what happens in our life.
Assessment (checklist):
The Student:
Yes
No
Created the bubble map
Described the traits of the main character
Chose one character trait and gave an example of how it affected the events in the story.
Lesson Title: Discovering Character Traits
Length of time needed: 1 1/2 hrs.
CCSS ELA Standards Addressed:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Objectives:
Materials needed:
Text to be read aloud: Clever Beatrice: An Upper Peninsula Conte
Willey, M., & Solomon, H. M. (2001). Clever Beatrice: An Upper Peninsula conte. New York: Simon & Schuster Children's Pub. Division.
Construction Paper
Hook:
Can anyone tell me what they think the term “character trait” means? (Give students a moment to think, raise hands, and attempt to explain what it is. Give feedback as they provide their answers.)
Teacher Input/Modeling:
A trait is something that makes one person or thing different from another. A trait describes what someone is like or how they look. So, a character trait would describe what?... (Allow them to answer.) Character traits would describe how the character acts or feels. Let’s learn some more about character traits from this “brain pop” video. (Play video.)
https://jr.brainpop.com/readingandwriting/storyelements/character/preview.weml
Read Clever Beatrice: An Upper Peninsula Conte aloud to students (using Elmo document camera to project the book on the smart board). (Before reading, remind students to pay attention to the main character, Beatrice’s, character traits.)
After reading, draw a bubble map on chart paper. Let student assist in providing the character traits to fill out the bubble map. When the bubble map is complete, ask students if anyone can give an example of how the character’s actions affected the events in the story. Model the development of an appropriate example and write it on the chart paper below the bubble map.
CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING & ENGAGEMENT
Independent Practice:
Now it is time for all of you to try this on your own. Everyone needs to take out the book that you are currently reading independently. If you needed to get a new book today, then you may go get one from the classroom library. After reading your book, you are to create your own bubble map (on construction paper) that shows the character traits of the main character in your book. You must choose one of the character traits and give an example of how that trait had an affect on the events of the story.
Closure:
Today we learned …
- About character traits and how they affect the events in a story.
This information is important because…Assessment (checklist):