To understand character amp setting in a story Key standards Primary Standard RL11 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text ID: 380309
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The Ravine
To understand character & setting in a storySlide2
Key standards
Primary Standard: RL1.1 - Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Secondary Standard: L.3.4 - Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.Slide3
Do Now
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Identify the five key elements of a short story
Identify an example of each
Justify your responseSlide4
Direct and indirect characterization
Direct Characterization
Tells the reader information about the character…
E.g
“He was angry.”
Indirect characterization
Shows the reader through the character’s
actions
,
intonation
, and
body language
…
E.g. “
His face grew redder, his eyes wider, and his jaw and fists clenched
.
The pencil snapped in his hand.
He couldn’t control himself anymore and he
roared
at the students, “STOP TALKING!!!!”
Think, pair, share
Select an emotion. Work with a partner to create a sentence that describes the character’s emotion through action, intonation, and body languageSlide5
Guided practice
Shared reading of “The Ravine” (pp. 3-8)
Focus:
Character & setting
Using adjectives to develop characterization & setting
Conflict & rising action (plot structure)
Indirect characterizationSlide6
Independent task
Identify
Cite evidence
Analyze
Identify main character
Identify subsidiary characters
Identify setting
Identify 1-3 key features:
Main character
Subsidiary character
Setting
Identify an example of indirect characterization and explain what it tells us about a particular characterSlide7
Exit task
Indirect characterization
Write 1-3 sentences that show that a character is feeling frightened, using actions, intonation, and body language/facial expressions.