Exploring the Relationship between Characters and Setting
Exploring the Relationship between Characters and Setting
Objectives
This lesson reinforces students’ understanding of setting and provides practice in identifying the relationship between characters and setting. Students will:
- define the term setting.
- explain how characters are related to the setting of a story.
Essential Questions
How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary text?
What is this text really about?
- How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary text?
- What is this text really about?
Vocabulary
- Characters: The people or animals in a story.
- Setting: The time and place in which a story happens.
- Physical Characteristics: The appearance of a character.
Duration
45–90 minutes/1–2 class periods
Prerequisite Skills
Prerequisite Skills haven't been entered into the lesson plan.
Materials
- Jack and the Beanstalk by Steven Kellogg. HarperCollins, 1997.
Jack and the Giant: A Story Full of Beans by Jim Harris. Cooper Square Publishing, 1997.
- Familiar fairy tales and versions of the same stories with settings that are different from the originals. Examples include the following:
- “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and
Snow White in New York by Fiona French. Oxford University Press, 1990.
- “Little Red Riding Hood” and
Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell. Square Fish, 2000.
- “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” and
Dusty Locks and the Three Bears by Susan Lowell. Owlet Paperbacks, 2004.
- Teachers may substitute other books with familiar fairy tales or versions of the same story with different settings to provide a range of reading and level of text complexity.
- student copies of Character and Setting Cards (L-3-3-1_Character and Setting Cards.doc)
- Character and Setting Cards answer key (L-3-3-1_Character and Setting Cards KEY.doc)
- student copies of the Fractured Fairy Tale Activity Sheet (L-3-3-1_Fractured Fairy Tale Activity Sheet.doc)
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Related Materials & Resources
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- http://www.imcpl.org/kids/blog/?page_id=12988 This link has a list of fractured fairy tales for each of the different popular fairy tales
Formative Assessment
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Final 06/14/2013