Characters and Characterization
This activity addresses the types of characters found in stories and the methods authors use to build characters.
Story Pyramid
Students will break down the stories they read by identifying main characters, describing traits of the main characters, identifying the story problem and stating the solution to the problem.
Making Predictions
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity_collections_preview/predict_outcomes/3_predict.html Digger the Dog
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=11&act=3&que=1 Guess What Comes Next
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makingpredictionsp.cfm Practice
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/litplace/r980109f.htm World's Famous Contralto
Inference
Making Inference SB
Drawing Conclusions
http://www.mrscarosclass.com/Drawing%20Conclusions.ppt
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferencesp.cfm
http://www.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/drawconclusionspostest.html
http://www.psd.k12.ca.us/1262101130103457280/lib/1262101130103457280/Drawing_Conclusions_Detective.ppt
http://www.quia.com/quiz/336079.html
Summarize
Learning To Paraphrase SB
Into the Book Drag the flashlight onto the book
Cause and Effect
http://www.literacymatters.org/teachers/cause.htm American History Idol (Click on the girl's picture)
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/Weblessons/WhatCausedIt/default.htm
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=fe107a3b3904fe91258fbe61065c917b&number=348865&password= Click on lesson 7, 8, or 9
Problem_Solution
This activity addresses the types of characters found in stories and the methods authors use to build characters.
Students will break down the stories they read by identifying main characters, describing traits of the main characters, identifying the story problem and stating the solution to the problem.
This lesson introduces the types of conflicts that authors use in their stories.