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Fairy Tale Character Traits

Students will be able to answer questions to show understanding of character traits. This can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to be used prior to The Paper Bag Princess lesson plan.
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the The Paper Bag Princess lesson plan.
Grade
Second Grade
Subject
Reading & Writing
English Learner
English Learner Prelessons
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RL.2.3
RL.2.6
L.2.6
L.2.7
CA.ELD.SL.2.1
CA.ELD.L.2.1
CA.ELD.RL.2
TX.ELP.2C
TX.ELP.3D
TX.ELP.4K
NY.NLAP.SL.2.2
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the The Paper Bag Princess lesson plan.

Objectives

Academic
  • Students will be able to answer character trait questions to demonstrate comprehension.
Language
  • I can show understanding of a text by answering questions about characters.

Introduction

(2 minutes)
Teach Background Knowledge TemplateWrite Student-Facing Language Objectives ReferenceCharacter ReactionsCharacter Traits: Princess and the PeaVocabulary Cards: Fairy Tale Character TraitsGlossary: Fairy Tale Character Traits
  • Explain to students that today they will be learning how to discuss characters in a story, along with some new vocabulary to talk about the characters.
  • Write castle, prince, and princess on the board. Have students turn to partners to discuss each word to see if they can come up with a definition and an example or sentence for each.