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Read Write Think: Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding Lesson PlanRead Write Think: Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding Lesson Plan
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ReadWriteThink
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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1340L
Lesson Plan

Read Write Think: Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding

Curated by ACT

Contains plans for one 60-minute lesson that teaches about a reading strategy called Character Perspective Charting. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

reading strategies

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reading instruction, reading literature, reading methods, reading practice, reading skills, reading tips, strategic reading, strategies during reading, strategies for reading, teaching reading, use context to confirm understanding, ccss.ela, character charting, character perspective charting, charting characters, ncte, rf.5.4.a, rf.5.4.c, readwritethink, readwritethink: charting characters for a more complete understanding rf.5.4.a, readwritethink: charting characters for a more complete understanding rf.5.4.c, reading strategy

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

RF.5.4.a RF.5.4.c RI.4.7 RL.4.4 L.5.6

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