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

2. 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 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.

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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