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What A Character!

Grades: 3 to 6

Language Arts, Reading, Social Studies

Learner Outcomes: Students will identify traits associated with character in biography.

Duration of Lesson: One 45 minute lesson; Two to three half-hour computer lab periods

Materials: biography reading journal
                 biography
                "What a Character" worksheet
                 Characterization Rubric Assessment

Technology Tools/Courseware:

Kid Pix Software and/or HyperStudio
Electronic Encyclopedia Software
WebSites (bookmarked)

Teacher Notes:

Students should keep a reading biography journal prior to this lesson.
Teacher should make a copy of the "What a Character" worksheet and rubric assessment for each student.
Students should be familiar with Kid Pix Deluxe; if not, students should be given three or four opportunities to explore the program prior to lesson.
Teacher will have introduced electronic encyclopedia CD-Rom software and how to copy and paste onto a blank document.

Procedures:

Students or teacher will select the biography to be written about.
Discuss the meaning of "character traits".
Identify facts from biography that support these thoughts.
Complete the "What a Character" worksheet.
Assess using scoring rubric.
Have students edit their descriptions.

Computer Lab time:

Find picture of character in electronic encyclopedia.
Use Kid Pix or HyperStudio to create the characterization.
Insert picture of character from electronic encyclopedia.
Print out each final description page and create a classroom book or place all final pictures into a slideshow.

Modifications:

Reading students will assist non-readers in dictation.
Peer tutors will aid non-readers in computer lab.

Enrichment Activities:

Create self-biographies using "What a Character" worksheet.
PuzzleMaker
Personality Bags

Evaluation/Assessment: Rubric Scoring Sheet

WVState and National Standards:

Reading Comprehension: 3.16, 3.19, 3.20, 3.20, 4.20, 5.19,5.21, 6.26

Computer/Technology: 3.85, 3.90, 4.101, 4.98, 5.18, 5.186, 6.155, 6.160

References

Authors: Diana Burns, Cheryl Osborne, Linda Whitman
              Bradley Elementary
              210 Bradley School Road
              Mt. Hope, WV 25880

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