At a Glance:
| Grades: | 4 |
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| Subject: | ELA (English Language Arts) |
| Topic: | Main Idea and Details |
| Lesson Length: | 45 mins - 1 hour |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will create a comic demonstrating their understanding of the main idea and details of a story.
What should students know before this activity?
This lesson can be used as a formative assessment.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Have students explain what Cinderella is about (the main idea), e.g., Cinderella wants to go to the ball but her stepmother won’t let her.
- Show the Cinderella comic. Discuss the details students notice in each panel.
- What details help the reader understand the story?
- Are there any important details that are missing from the comic?
- Discuss how details support the main idea of a story.
What will students do?
- Assign a story for the class to read. As students read, have them focus on the specific details shared throughout the text.
- Have students create a three-panel comic showing the beginning, middle, and end of the story that includes specific details to support the main idea of the text.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have students share their comics with another student and discuss the main idea and details.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
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Provide sentence starters as needed.
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Allow students to work with peer model.
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Allow students to sketch out their ideas before creating their comic.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
Related Content:
Cinderella Around The World
The Birchbark House
M.C. Higgins The Great
Tuck Everlasting
Holes
Stone Fox
Suggested Story Starters:
