At a Glance:
| Grades: | 4 |
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| Subject: | ELA (English Language Arts) |
| Topic: | Making connections between written text and a visual presentation of a story |
| Lesson Length: | 45 mins - 1 hour |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will make connections between fictional texts by creating a visual presentation.
What should students know before this activity?
This is a great way to check for understanding of a story or drama. Select a current piece of fictional text being read in class to use for this activity.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Read and discuss the example comic.
- How does the comic depict key elements of this familiar story?
- What characters or details from the story are not illustrated in the comic?
- Ask students if they’ve ever watched a movie of a book they’ve read.
- Did they like the movie or book better? Why?
- Discuss with students how visual presentations of a story or drama can help readers better understand the events and characters within the fictional text.
What will students do?
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Have students think about the characters and main events in the current fictional text being read in class.
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Ask students to create a comic of at least three panels that demonstrates the students’ understanding of the specific descriptions and key events in the fictional text.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
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Share your students' comics in a slideshow or Gallery Walk.
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Ask students to discuss how each comic demonstrates a specific representation of the events, characters, and meaning of the text.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
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Allow students to work with a peer model.
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Provide sentence frames for students during closure discussion.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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Enrichment Activity: Have students write a detailed description of how their representation demonstrates events, characters, or meaning of the text.
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