To understand character & setting in a story The Ravine To understand character & setting in a story

Key standards Primary Standard: RL1.1 - Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.   Secondary Standard: L.3.4 - Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Do Now https://www.flocabulary.com/fivethings/ Identify the five key elements of a short story Identify an example of each Justify your response

Direct and indirect characterization Tells the reader information about the character… E.g “He was angry.” Indirect characterization Shows the reader through the character’s actions, intonation, and body language… E.g. “His face grew redder, his eyes wider, and his jaw and fists clenched. The pencil snapped in his hand. He couldn’t control himself anymore and he roared at the students, “STOP TALKING!!!!” Think, pair, share Select an emotion. Work with a partner to create a sentence that describes the character’s emotion through action, intonation, and body language

Guided practice Shared reading of “The Ravine” (pp. 3-8) Focus: Character & setting Using adjectives to develop characterization & setting Conflict & rising action (plot structure) Indirect characterization

Independent task Identify Cite evidence Analyze Identify main character Identify subsidiary characters Identify setting Identify 1-3 key features: Main character Subsidiary character Setting Identify an example of indirect characterization and explain what it tells us about a particular character

Exit task Indirect characterization Write 1-3 sentences that show that a character is feeling frightened, using actions, intonation, and body language/facial expressions.