Character+Traits


 * Unit Title: Who Are You? **

Topic:  Understanding Character Traits  Grade Level: 3rd Grade  Subject(s): Language Arts  Summary:  Students will evaluate the actions and thoughts of themselves, others, and characters in various literary selections in order to identify character traits. Curriculum Framing Questions: Essential: How can we become better readers? Unit: How can we determine a character's traits? Why do we have different reading preferences? How does a character's traits reflect the outcome of a story? What character traits describe you and the people in your life? What character traits would you like to have? Content: What are character traits? How do authors reveal character traits? What are positive character traits? What are negative traits? Project Idea: Students will study character traits through literature study.
 * Real World Connection(s): Evaluating human actions and qualities
 * Student Role(s): <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Evaluator and analyzer

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Unit Plan or download the document: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Role Play Rubric or download the document: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Google Doc: Character Trait Museum Checklistor download the document: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;"> Visual Ranking Project: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;"> Seeing Reason Project: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Ruby Bridges' Success <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Idea/Overview: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">After reading a Charlotte's Web, the teacher will generate a list of character traits shown by a particular character. Students will rank those traits by the ones that represent the character the best, with the most representative trait at the top.
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">How will the use of the tool fit into your Unit Plan and help your students meet the learning objectives and target higher-order thinking skills? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Evaluating character traits, compare/contract traits, understanding impact of how characters change story events.
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Concerns you might have about using the tool or incorporating ranking:
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Feedback you would like from others:
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Idea/Overview: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">How do the different character traits of characters in "The Story of Ruby Bridges" impact Ruby's success.
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">How will the tool fit into our Unit Plan and help your students meet the learning objectives and target higher-order thinking skills? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;"> This activity will help students understand the story's characters and delve into the impact they make on each other.
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Does your unit involve a complex system or issue that warrants delving into identifying and analyzing cause-and-effect relationships? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">People are complex and their actions always have an impact and consequences.
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Concerns you might have about using this tool: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Age appropriateness for 3rd grade and concern that some of the terms (increase/decrease) would have to be taught beforehand.
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Feedback you would like from others: