Currently in reading workshop we are in Unit 2: Studying Characters Across Series in Book Clubs. Students will be able to understand and respond to the questions.... How can I grow ideas about characters as I read across the books in a series, backing up and refining my theories in as I accumulate evidence, and letting those theories become more insightful as I think, read and talk more?


Students should understand and be able to:
  • Make inferences about characters thoughts, feelings and actions and grow theories about their traits and motivations.
  • Predict the plot of a story based on knowledge of character and personal experience
  • Envision making mental images of the whole world of a text.
  • Consider themes and how they are portrayed through the details in the story.
  • Support verbal and written ideas with evidence from the text.
  • Choose words to more precisely describe a character and how their actions contribute to the story.
  • Compare and contrast characters and theme across 3-4 texts in a series and across two series.

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Criteria For Credit

  • Name and date on your paper
  • Neat and legible handwriting
  • You have correct capital letters   and punctuation
  • You have answered in a complete sentence
  • Your paper is organized
  • Your answer is circled or highlighted
  • Your answer is explained with detail
  • Not the correct answer, but the problem is completed
  • You have reviewed the problem before and after

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