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MLR English Language Arts A2 Literary Text: Grade 5 Students will use knowledge of character analysis to make inferences on how authors use characters to influence or develop theme or plot.
 * Stage 1 Identify Desired Results**
 * Establish Goals:** (G)


 * What understandings are desired?**
 * Students will understand that: (U)**
 * Analyzing and visualizing characters is critical to understanding a piece of literature.
 * All charcters and individuals have a unique set of traits that reveal who they are to some extent.
 * A character's traits and behaviors directly influence theme or plot.


 * What essential questions will be considered?**
 * Essential Questions: (Q)**
 * How does an author use descriptive language to help the reader visualize and understand a character?
 * What is a character trait? Do they include beliefs and values?
 * What connections can you make between certain characters and their actions to the overall story development?


 * What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?**
 * Students will know: (K)**
 * Key descriptive vocabulary words and concepts that can translate to images.
 * How to recognize and make inferences about what impact a character's traits have on their beliefs and values.
 * Ways authors use characters to develop and influence a story.


 * Students will be able to: (S)**
 * Recognize and define character traits.
 * Analyze a literary character and their impact on a story.
 * Demonstrate effective use of descriptive vocabulary and imagery.
 * Make connections between character and plot.
 * Demonstrate understanding and interpretation of character analysis digitally, visually or in written language.
 * Transfer what they have learned about literary characters to examine and reflect on their own individual character traits.

2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe