Name: ______Date: ______

Novel: ______

ELD Standard: Read a literary selection and use detailed sentences to write about (and then orally describe) a character according to their actions in a narration, dialogue, or dramatic monologue.

  1. Character: Name a character from the novel______
  2. Access prior knowledge: What are some words that describe a person? ______Can you find words that describe the character? ______What do we call words that describe a person? ______
  3. Build Background Knowledge or Review: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Actions that describe a character. ______

One possible resource:

  1. Identify actions in the text that describe the chosen character.

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  1. Read for the gist. List adjectives, adverbs, or actions the author uses to describe the character. ______
  2. Reread for citations: Cite textual evidence that describes this character and list the page number. ______
  3. LTEL Framework Connection: Which “achievement attitude” does the character exhibit based on the evidence collected? ______
  4. Citation Analysis: Explain how the text citation shows that the character demonstrates this “achievement attitude.” Use this sentence frame:

This citation reveals the character has/demonstrates ______,one of the achievement attitudes, because ______.

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2. ELD Standard: Analyze the elements of a plot, including its development and the way conflicts are addressed and resolved. Conflict: Students identify a conflict and identify the resolution, if it exists, in given text. If no resolution has been presented so far, SCRIBEs pose possible resolutions and rate, which is the best way to resolve a conflict.

  1. Access Prior Knowledge: What is a conflict? Can you provide examples of a conflict? ______
  2. Building Background Knowledge or Review: A conflict is ______. You may use the High School Reader’s Handbook pages “Elements of Fiction: Conflict and Complication,” pp. 370-371.
  3. Citation/Page #: Cite textual evidence that demonstrates this conflict and list the page number. ______
  4. LTEL Framework Connection: What “achievement attitude” or “skills” in our LTEL Framework were used by the character to resolve the identified conflict?

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  1. Citation Analysis: Explain how the conflict is or could have been resolved by applying an achievement attitude or one of the skills learned in class. SCRIBEs may use this sentence frame to help them with this analysis.

______is an achievement attitude (or skill) studied in class from our LTEL framework which helped (character) resolve ______because ______.

  1. Resiliency Analysis: Choose one attribute from one of the 3 LTEL Framework skills columns or the achievement attitudes column that is exemplified in the novel.

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  1. Explain how this skill or achievement attitude connects to (or is missing from) the concept of resiliency in the text. Students may use this sentence frame to help them with this analysis.

______(title) exhibits ______(skill) when (character)______.

  1. Connect with your prior experiences. Think of a time when this attribute played a part in either your life or the life of someone you know. Detail it and include the following information:
  2. Was the attribute present or absent? ______
  3. What was the outcome? ______
  4. Do you think things would have turned out differently if the attribute had been present/absent? ______
  5. How did its presence or absence relate to resiliency? ______
  6. What was the lesson learned? ______