6 Traits of Writing – Professional Development - More Than Happy, Glad, Sad, Mad. ShareThis If you ask students to identify how a character is feeling in a story, you might hear one of the following three words pop up: happy, sad, mad. Character emotions and traits are not something children automatically understand. To help students with this, we need to be intentional. Inferring a character’s feelings or personality traits is complicated. Try reading How Are You Peeling? So, try one of these ideas to help your students go beyond the simple happy, sad, mad. Is Superman Really All That Super? Critically Exploring Superheroes. ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals.
More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview From Theory to Practice Popular culture texts such as comic books, video games, or even television shows can be valuable tools for teaching students critical reading skills. Back to top Xu S.H., Perkins, R.S., & Zunich, L.O. (2005). Alvermann, D.E., & Xu, S.H. (2003). Alvermann, D.E., Moon, J.S., & Hagood, M.C. (1999). Character Scrapbook.
Books With Strong Characters. Use this activity with books where you want to teach the elements of character development. Younger students may identify the physical characteristics of a character while more advanced students may delve deeper, analyzing what the character feels and thinks. This is also a great way to teach about stereotypes by juxtaposing how students think the character will behave based on stereotypes against how the character actually behaves.
Make a list of stereotypical traits about a certain group. Then list the qualities of an individual character in this group to see if the stereotypes are true. Some books to use the Character Scrapbook with include: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann Grades PreK-2Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend. Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee Grades 2-4Third-grader, Clementine has a big heart, a creative spirit, and a talent for trouble. Images/a/a7/FreeReading_Character_Map.pdf. Examples of Character Descriptions. Students Materials: Character Trading Cards. KS3 Bitesize: English - Character - Introduction. Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding of the Story.
ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives.
More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice Stories are often thought to contain just one main character that encounters a problem and somehow solves this problem. Back to top Character Perspective Chart: This printout allows students to chart a story from two characters’ points of view, offering a better understanding and appreciation of the story. Shanahan, T., & Shanahan, S. (1997).
Females in the Spotlight: Strong Characters in Picture Books. ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice Students practice critical thinking skills as they identify character traits displayed by strong female protagonists in selected texts. Back to top Giorgis, C., Johnson, N., Colbert, C., Conner, A., King, J., & Kulesza, D. (2000). Authors use words to create characters within text.
Character Map. To view our printable materials, you must download the latest version of the free Adobe Acrobat software. Download now Our lesson plans are written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practices and are aligned to state and national standards. Choose from hundreds of topics and strategies. More ReadWriteThink has a variety of resources for out-of-school use. More Home › Classroom Resources › Printouts Printout Help students progress from impressions or reactions about a character to a deeper understanding of the character's attributes. Choose a character from any book, short story, play, poem, or film and ask students to start describing the character.
Students can then use the printout independently to describe any other character Students write a character sketch of a favorite or assigned character, based on the information gathered for the Character Map.Use the Character Map in creative writing. Grades K – 12 | Strategy Guide Write Alouds. Inferring How and Why Characters Change. ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives.
More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice "There is not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an increase in wisdom, operating in your chief character or characters. " Because so many stories contain lessons that the main character learns and grows from, it is important for students to not only recognize these transformations but also understand how the story's events affected the characters.
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