Character Jr. Lesson Plan: Craft and Structure
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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP Jr. topic Character, and supports the standard of identifying and describing the main story elements in a text. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.
Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Prompt students to reflect on a familiar character. Ask:
- Think about a story you recently read, or a movie you watched. Who was the main character? What were they like?
Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE
- Play the Character movie.
- Click the pause button each time a question appears in Annie’s Notebook and discuss it as a class. Then play to see how Annie answers it.
TIP: The pause button turns red to remind you to pause.
Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS
Students take the Easy Quiz or Hard Quiz, demonstrating what they learned about the topic while applying essential literacy skills.
Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND
Students express what they learned about character while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student or grade-level needs.
- Draw About It: Draw a character from your favorite story.
- Activity: Make character trading cards. Draw a character on one side and describe the character on the other.
- Talk About It: Make a list of traits that describe your favorite character.
- Write About It: Write about your own character traits.
More to Explore
Story Elements Unit: Continue to build understanding around important elements of literary text by exploring more BrainPOP Jr. topics.
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