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Standard(s), including literacy for all content areas and/or SMP
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3.A
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or
characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3
Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as
how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
How will learning be assessed at the end of the unit/learning cycle (summative):
Students will complete the Springboard Embedded Assessment #2. This assessment requires students to create
their own short story. Thus, the students ability to use characterization in their own writing will be assessed.
Objective(s): high cognitive demand for diverse learners Cognitive Level (DOK or Bloom’s)
1.I can develop and introduce characters in my own writing. DOK 4
2.I can describe attributes of a specific character and infer how they DOK 2
change throughout a story.
Connections to past learning or experience, building background
Students have been reading short stories through the SpringBoard curriculum, and have been discussing
and analyzing attributes of particular characters.
Essential Vocabulary Definitions
Characterization Creating characters
Sierra Nevada College Elementary Lesson Plan Sample
Sequence and Scope of Instruction (include instructional Instructional Strategy estimated
strategies, questions, opportunities for meaning making time
through discourse and other engagement strategies,
formative assessments, opportunities for metacognition,
grouping, differentiation and transitions)
Whole Class Modeling 15 min
-I will show students a picture of The Grinch Turn and Talk
-I will ask students to think about what they know about the Whole Class Discussion
character
• Turn and Talk
• Students will share out attributes of the Grinch
Pull Sticks
• I will record the characteristics on my graphic
organizer
- “Now it’s your turn to be the author. Using what you know
about the Grinch’s characteristics, think about how you could
Pull Sticks
introduce this character in a story.”
• Turn and Talk
• Write a sentence using characterization on the graphic
organizer
Sierra Nevada College Elementary Lesson Plan Sample
Taylor Ø Have students switch 1 min
their pictures with
Joey another group
Dominic Ø Students will practice 8 min
Daisy using characterization a
second time
Angel
Jason
Valeria
Natalie Ø Have students switch 1 min
Yamna their pictures with
Natalia another group one
more time
Mia Ø Students will practice 8 min
Ashley using characterization a
Jasmine final time
Charbel
Kimberly
Kyle
Annamaria
Tatyanah
Mauricio