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Bring Characters to Life Using Details Such as Thoughts, Feelings, Actions, and Dialogue

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Title:

 Bring Characters to Life Using Details Such as Thoughts, Feelings, Actions, and Dialogue

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Overview:

In this lesson, students will write a narrative short story in response to a given prompt: "Tell the story of Dr. Dolittle's change to becoming an animal doctor from Polynesia's point of view.". Students will learn how to bring characters to life in their narrative by using details such as thoughts, feelings, actions, and dialogue. 

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
22. Describe literary elements within a story, including setting, plot, characters, and themes.

a. Describe in detail the characters' behavior, emotions, and traits and explain how their actions influence events in the story.

b. Explain how the characters' actions and dialogue contribute to the meaning of the story.

c. Identify the central message, theme, or moral in a story, including myths, fables, and folktales, and explain the meaning conveyed in the passage.

d. Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots from two texts.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
22.
  • Describe
  • Literary elements
  • Story
  • Setting
  • Plot
  • Characters
  • Themes
22a.
  • Describe
  • Character
  • Behaviors
  • Emotions
  • Traits
  • Actions
  • Influence
  • Events
22b.
  • Explain
  • Characters
  • Actions
  • Dialogue
  • Contribute
  • Meaning
22c.
  • Central message
  • Theme
  • Moral
  • Myths
  • Fables
  • Folktales
  • Conveyed
22d.
  • Compare
  • Contrast
  • Theme
  • Setting
  • Plot
  • Stories
Knowledge:
22. Students know:
  • Literary elements within a story include the setting, plot, characters, and themes.
  • Setting is when and where a story takes place.
  • Plot is the main events of a story (often referred to as the beginning, middle, and end of a story).
  • Characters are any person, animal, or figure that affect the plot.
  • Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text.
22a.
  • A story author provides descriptions of the characters' behavior, emotions, and traits.
  • The actions of characters in a story affect the events, or plot, of the story.
22b.
  • The actions of characters in a story affect the events, or plot, of the story.
  • The dialogue, or spoken words, of characters in a story affect the plot of the story.
22c.
  • Qualities of myths, fables, and folktales.
  • Many stories have a central message, theme, or moral.
  • A central message or moral is the lesson that is learned through the story or the one big idea of the story.
  • The central message, theme, or moral is conveyed through key details.
22d.
  • Compare means tell how things are alike or similar.
  • Contrast means tell how things are different.
  • Literary elements from different texts, like themes, settings, and plots, can be compared and contrasted.
  • Setting is when and where a story takes place.
  • Plot is the main events of a story (often referred to as the beginning, middle, and end of a story).
  • Theme is the main, recurring idea in a text.
Skills:
22. Students are able to:
  • Identify and describe the literary elements, including setting, plot, characters, and theme, within the text.
22a.
  • Provide a detailed description of story characters' behavior, emotions, and traits.
  • Explain how story characters' actions affect the events of the story.
22b.
  • Explain how the actions of characters' contribute to the meaning of the story.
  • Explain how the dialogue between two or more characters contributes to the meaning of the story.
22c.
  • Identify the central message, theme, or moral of a story, including myths, fables, and folktales.
  • Explain the meaning of the central message, theme, or moral conveyed in the passage.
22d.
  • Compare and contrast literary elements, such as themes, settings, and plots, of two texts.
Understanding:
22. Students understand that:
  • Identifying and describing literary elements within a story will help in comprehending the text.
22a.
  • Understanding each character's behavior, emotions, and traits will help them better understand a story's plot.
  • Characters in a story drive the plot by engaging in different actions.
22b.
  • Characters' actions and dialogue contribute to the meaning of a story.
  • Understanding the actions and dialogue of story characters improves overall comprehension of the text.
22c.
  • Understanding the meaning of the central message, theme, or moral of a story will improve overall comprehension of the passage.
  • Myths, fables, and folktales are types of narrative stories that often include a moral.
22d.
  • Comparing and contrasting literary elements can improve their comprehension, or understanding, of both texts.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
33. Write personal or fictional narratives with a logical plot (sequence of events), characters, transitions, and a sense of closure.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
33.
  • Personal narrative
  • Fictional narrative
  • Logical plot
  • Sequence of events
  • Characters
  • Transitions
  • Closure
Knowledge:
33. Students know:
  • A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story.
  • A personal narrative tells about an event that was personally experienced by the author, while a fictional narrative tells a made up story.
  • A narrative story describes a sequence of events in a logical order (beginning, middle, end) and provides a sense of closure as an ending.
  • A narrative story describes the actions, thoughts, and feelings of the characters.
  • Narrative transitions indicate when and where the story is occurring.
Skills:
33. Students are able to:
  • Write a personal narrative that recalls a personal experience or a fictional narrative with a made-up story.
  • Write a narrative with a logical sequence of events and details that describe how the characters feels, acts, and thinks.
  • Use appropriate transitions in narrative writing.
  • Write a narrative that ends with a sense of closure.
Understanding:
33. Students understand that:
  • Narrative writing includes predictable elements, like a logical sequence of events and an ending that provides the reader with a sense of closure.
  • Because narrative writing describes a chronological sequence of events, it includes transitions that indicate the time and place in which the story is occurring.
  • Narrative writing can be used to tell about something that happened to them personally or it can tell a story they made up.
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