Unit: Character Study
Unit Description
Lessons
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Characters and Setting
Resources: 2 Students will be able to identify characters and setting in a narrative. Students will notice all fiction stories have a setting and characters. |
24,267
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Major and Minor Characters
Resources: 1 Students will be able to distinguish between major and minor characters. |
13,346
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How Minor Characters Affect Major Characters
Resources: 1 Students will be able to notice when and how minor characters affect major characters. |
5,040
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Character Traits
Resources: 2 Students will determine character traits (physical and emotional) |
60,706
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Character Traits Affect Character Actions
Resources: 2 Students will notice how character traits affect character actions. |
10,900
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Setting Affects Characters
Resources: 1 Students will notice how a setting affects a characters actions and feelings. |
19,903
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Inferencing to connect to a character
Resources: 1 Students will make inferences about a story by using background knowledge. |
5,189
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Predict Character Actions from Character Traits
Resources: 2 Students will be able to use what they know about a characters' traits to predict characters' actions. |
13,312
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Plot Structure: Elements of a Story
Resources: 1 Students will be able to list the five elements of story using an acronym. |
35,478
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Plot Structure: Problem & Solution
Resources: 2 Students will use a graphic organizer to detail the problem and solution in a fiction story. |
50,464
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Theme: Through Character Actions/Thoughts
Resources: 1 Students will determine the theme of a story by tracking a character's emotions across a narrative. |
17,241
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Theme: Through Problem and Solution
Resources: 2 Students will be able to determine the theme of a short story by analyzing the problems and solutions in a narrative. |
24,795
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Unit Resources
| No resources at this time. |
