RL.2.3

Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Step 1: Lesson Standards & Learning Goals

Vertical Progressions

RL.2.3 - Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

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RL.1.3 - Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

RL.3.3 - Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

Students will be able to:

explain how characters react and respond to the important events or challenges in the story

Vocabulary

describe, description, descriptive details – to explain something in words; the details necessary to give a full and precise account

major events – the most important events that occur within a literary work; similar to main ideas, major events cannot be eliminated without changing the primary progression of the work or the development of the characters

respond – to say, show, and/or act in response to a prompt which may be a question, an action or event, a claim or counterclaim, etc

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Step 2: Assessment

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Step 3: Lesson Instructions

Classroom Application

Students explain how characters react and respond to the important events or challenges in the story.

In the Classroom:

While thinking aloud during shared reading, the teacher considers what the character’s reaction to an event reveals about the character and his/her motivations.

During guided reading, students choose a major event from the story and use story webs to describe how each character reacted to the event.

In whole or small group reading, the teacher selects a particular event from a story and asks students to write about what the main character did in response to the event. Students create timelines of the major events in a story and include character actions and responses in the description of each event.

Resources

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Sample Lesson Plan

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Questions Stems/Prompts

Who are the major and minor characters in the story?
Describe/Define the major events or challenges in the story.
How do the major/minor characters respond to the important challenges in the story?
What effect do the events in the story have on the characters?
What events could the characters have responded to differently?
How does the character change?

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