Help young readers align character relationships in an activity for Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter. After kids discuss the characters and how they relate to each other, they use index cards and a graphic organizer to outline the ways that they are all connected.

Concepts

novels, main characters, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use index cards throughout the novel unit to indicate how the relationships have changed from chapter to chapter
• Have kids include a written version of the web in their language arts binder or reading journal for easy reference

Classroom Considerations

• Directions are written by a student teacher and are hard to follow, but the activity has merit 
• Does not include a blank graphic organizer for you to distribute to your class
• Mentions that the reason for character confusion is how Japanese names are hard to keep straight, which could be offensive to some learners in your class

Pros

• A helpful idea for any novel unit
• Provides a clear outline for kids to refer to

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.7.3 RL.8.3 RL.9-10.3 RL.11-12.3