Title:  Corner a Character

Grade Levels:  3

Subject:  Language Arts, Technology

Learner Outcomes:

• Student will determine character traits by reading selection and identifying main  character'sdescriptive features.
• Student will create graphic organizer using Microsoft Word.
• Student will read literary works of various genre.

Duration of the Lesson:  2 thirty minute sessions if a computer lab setting is available, 4 thirty minute sessions if one or two computers must be shared.

Materials:  various titles of different genre that include African- American characters, paper, pencils, a multi-media computer, printer and printer paper.

Technology Tools/Courseware:  Multi-media computer, printer, printer paper

Teacher Notes:

Black History Month is March
Safety Requirements - none
Parent, building or Community Resource - none

Procedures:

• Read Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack aloud to the class or choose from attached title list
• Identify the genre of the story as a folktale and explain why.
• Discuss the main character, Flossie.
• Ask the students to describe her.  Student should use words like brave, clever and young and responsible.
• Ask the students to give examples of events in the story that demonstrate these traits.
• Explain the purpose of a graphic organizer and tell the students that they will create one on the computer using Microsoft Word. Link to this site for instructions. Graphic Organizer

Modifications:  This lesson should be modified to fit the student's IEP.  An audio version of the story could be used and the student could give character traits aloud.  This lesson does not need to be based on African-American characters.
 
Enrichment Activities:   Students could illustrate the character.  The student could watch a video version  of the story or they could attach different character traits to the character and then write an alternative ending.

Evaluation/Assessment:  An evaluation would be made by the teacher after a review of the graphic organizer.  The graphic organizer should be correctly created using Microsoft Word and which should list one of the story's character's and four of the character traits that would be attributed to them.
 
State Standards:

Listening/Speaking: 3.3.1

Writing: 3.2.3
 
Reading: 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.6, 3.1.11, 3.1.12, 3.1.14

Technology: 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.3.1, 3.6.1

National Standards:
Language Arts:
5. Uses the general skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts.
6. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts.

Technology:
1. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems.
2. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs

References:
Microsoft Word, Amazon.com



Susan Ratcliffe
J.E. Robins Elementary

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