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Activating Strategy: Give students a list of character traits. Have them work in pairs to identify ones that they do not know as a pair (meaning that neither of them can explain/give an example of that trait). Discuss as a large group any that are unclear, and need clarification. Use student experts to help explain the traits.
Acquisition Lesson
Activating Strategy: Give students a list of character traits. Have them work in pairs to identify ones that they do not know as a pair (meaning that neither of them can explain/give an example of that trait). Discuss as a large group any that are unclear, and need clarification. Use student experts to help explain the traits. Key vocabulary to preview: Trait, emotion, similar, different, identify
Teaching Strategies: Concept map graphic organizer for character trait anlalysis. Numbered/A-B pair students
Instruction: 1.) Present ppt. on character traits: review what the term trait means and clarify the difference between trait and emotion. 2.) Slide 4 is a review of some traits, and the difference between positive and negative traits. 3.) When you get to the list of traits (notebook p. 5), have the pairs discuss which traits in the list are positive traits. 4.)At the interactive board, students should underline in black ink those traits in the list that are positive (good) traits for a person to have. They should underling in red negative traits that are not good traits for a person to have. 5.) Share as a whole group/discuss AP #1: What is the difference between positive and negative character traits?
Students should read a few pages in their book, and then identify some positive character traits of the main character. They need to provide evidence to support each trait (thoughts, actions, or dialogue) using the graphic organizer provided to them-post this on interactive board as well. 6.) Students should then complete the character trait organizer for themselves using at least 1 trait that relates to their character trait analysis. 7.) Group students into groups of 4 to discuss how they are connecting to the traits of the main character. AP #2: Compare character traits of yourself with character traits of a main character in a book. 8.) Students write a paragraph explaining how they are similar to the character in the book in regards to their character traits.
Assignment: Complete a concept graphic organizer for character traits of a main character in a story (for this story: Matt in Sign of the Beaver). The students choose one of the positive character traits they placed in the graphic organizer that they feel they share with the character. They will write a paragraph comparing themselves to the character through this trait. They will provide evidence from the book, and their own personal experiences.