14) Reading/text structures/literary concepts. The student recognizes characteristics of various types of texts. The student is expected to: (G) analyze characters, including their traits, feelings, relationships, and changes (1-3)

First Grade does not have TAKS

After reading a series of Franklin books students will discuss and compare the character traits in the books.  They will analyze traits that created or solved problems in the stories. They will identify positive and negative traits and compare them with their own personal character traits.

How could your character have acted differently to change the problem or solution in your story? What character trait would have been more useful or harmful? How would you have acted differently?

1. Over several days students will listen to many books that belong to the Franklin series that illustrate different character traits.
2. After each reading students identify the character traits that Franklin or a supporting character demonstrated. Each child will draw a picture of Franklin and illustrate or describe in writing the trait that Franklin or a supporting character had. They will place this picture in a folder each day and create a character traits folder.
3. After all books have been read and pictures have been made they will evaluate the traits and sort them into positive or negative traits and explain their decisions.
4. Students will then choose one negative and one positive trait that they have in common with Franklin or their favorite character.
5. Students will decide if it is a trait they need to keep or work on changing.
6. Students will pick one character from the series of books read and create a Character Scrapbook using the scholastic website- http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/.

Students will print out finished product and display on hall bulletin board for a period of time. Then collect and bind them into a class book and send home on a rotational basis with each child.

Knowledge& comprehension-identify characters and traits, Application-apply knowledge of traits to new books and characters, Evaluation-Make a judgment on negative, positive traits, Analysis-analyze character traits.

Adjusted Questions-for struggling students require smaller number of items on scrapbook. Let children draw if they have trouble writing.

Graphic Organizers-scrapbook

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Franklin Says Sorry, Franklin is Messy, Franklin Forgives, Franklin Snoops and other Franklin books